“Once, bit-fetching was the job mainly of children. In the 1970s, if I sat too long looking bored, I'd be dispatched to the shop carrying the gas bill with a scribbled note on the back. Yes, I was hoping to lie about watching 'Hong Kong Phooey,' yet here I was again buying a can of Nestle Tip Top and a Heinz steamed pudding.”

English columnist, broadcaster and author

Grace Dent is an English columnist, broadcaster, and author, known for her work as a restaurant critic. She has written about food and dining for major British newspapers and television. She is a restaurant critic for The Guardian and, from 2011 to 2017, wrote a restaurant column for the Evening Standard. Since 2025, she has co-presented the BBC series MasterChef.