Restaurant critic Grace Dent: ‘What was I gonna do, go back to Carlisle?’

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Grace Dent is originally from Carlisle in Cumbria, but is a long time resident of Leyton in east London. Since 2018 she’s been the restaurant critic for the Guardian, who she’s been writing for in some capacity since 1999. Grace is a regular critic on the BBC's MasterChef and in 2025 she became a full time judge on Celebrity Masterchef. Dent has also written 11 novels for teenagers. Robert Elms found out about Grace Dent’s favourite haunts, memories and pet hates in 2013.