Jason Matthew Rayner (born 14 September 1966) is a British journalist and food critic.

[5] He was raised in the Sudbury Hill area of Harrow, London, and attended the independent Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School.

[3] Rayner worked as a freelance journalist after graduating, writing for newspapers including The Observer and The Independent on Sunday.

He wrote: "That doesn't mean giving good reviews to bad places, or not including criticisms.

Rayner was critical of its pending sale to Tortoise Media, and wrote that some Guardian staff were antisemitic, which made it "uncomfortable, at times excruciating"[citation needed] to work for.

[12] He joined the Financial Times as their new restaurant critic, amid an expansion of its weekend food and drink coverage.