Richard Johnson
I am an award-winning journalist and broadcaster from London. I love to tell stories, and here is my writing. Here are some BBC radio documentaries I made in Japan, America and Iceland. Here is my Guardian column. Here is my showreel. Here are my hospitality films. Oh, and here is my book. Sorry -- it's all a bit me, me, me.
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Info
- Award-winning Journalist and BroadcasterWriting and Editing | London, United Kingdom, GBExperience
- Jan 1990 - PresentJournalist and Broadcaster / the BBC, Sunday Times etc
Richard Johnson is an award-winning journalist and broadcaster living in London. His feature writing appears regularly in the Sunday Times Magazine and The Daily Telegraph, and his column appears every month in the Guardian. He has written and presented radio documentaries about everything from fatherhood to exorcism, and is a regular contributor to Radio 4’s Food Programme. He has fronted several prime-time television series – including Full on Food and Kill It, Cook It, Eat It for the BBC – and he is the judge on Channel 4's Cookery School. He is now growing his own food festival with a difference (having started the British Street Food Awards with Marco Pierre White), consulting for food businesses, and reporting on his adventures for publications and broadcasters round the world. Check out http://flavors.me/richardjohnson
- Jan 1990 - PresentJournalist/Broadcaster / the BBC, Sunday Times etc
- 1990 - 2011Award-winning journalist and broadcaster / the Sunday Times, Esquire, the BBC etc
Education-
1986 - 1987City University (GB)Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism
- University of LondonBA Hons in History
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Interests:www.facebook.com/britishstreetfood
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Posts
- May 18, 13
How a food lover has taken a stand — a fruit stand — against Toronto’s infamously restrictive street food bylaws. http://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2013/05/15/toronto_food_cart_fight_guerrilla_fruit_stand_challenges_restrictive_bylaws.html
- May 17, 13
RT @richardjohnsonx: It’s not ALL about Eurovision this weekend. Check out street food Malmo style! britishstreetfood.co.uk/2013/05/swede-… @BRSkane @BRITst…
- May 17, 13
Will the star be Robert Downey Jr — or the food truck? We know the answer. http://gulfnews.com/arts-entertainment/celebrity/downey-jr-and-favreau-to-reunite-on-independent-film-chef-1.1183003
- May 17, 13
When British Street Food were invited over the water to address the great and the good of Scandinavian Street Food it was a momentous day. It made the news. But one of the highlights of the trip for me (and there were many) was meeting a journalist colleague called Ingar Nilsson. One of the world’s leading experts on rhubarb. And wonderful company. She has sent this update over from her home town of Malmo in Sweden — tak Ingar. Clearly every future Ingar update will include a rhubarb angle….
“The Eurovision Song Contest has just landed on the Swedish town of Malmö” she writes. “But residents who aren’t consumed by the excitement of it all (and apparently there are a few) can lose themselves in our street food. Along the canal, eight restaurants have moved their businesses outdoors to serve street food with a regional — and seasonal — twist. Last night, delicious homemade rhubarb sausages were sizzling on the barbecue, and juicy pork belly came with a tangy apple and chilli glaze and an elderflower chutney. But the biggest crowd gathered round the stall where freshly-fried fish was paired with a sharp tartar sauce, crudités, cos lettuce and apple mint. I could feel a song coming on…”
- May 17, 13
Hollywood — and its finest exponents — discovering @BritStreetFood over at facebook.com/britishstreetf…
- May 16, 13
Something to make your @BritStreetFood bookings easier foodhawkers.co.uk/book-me.php @foodhawkers
- May 16, 13
La Creperie De Hampstead — that London crepe institution — sets about feeding Hollywood’s finest. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2324946/Mila-Kunis-Ashton-Kutcher-stop-crepes-romantic-rainy-stroll-London.html
- May 15, 13
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RT @partroot: #StreetFood makes the big screens > Downey Jr & Favreau to reunite on independent film Chef bit.ly/15M6p7v – @Britstr…
- May 14, 13
RT @Tweat_Up: Got too much to tell you about today. #TweetOverload @CraftBeerBattle ginstock.co.uk #KegParty tweatup.co.uk
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Tweets
- RT @stallholdernet: RT @richardjohnsonx: It’s not ALL about Eurovision…: RT @richardjohnsonx: It’s not ALL about Eurovis... http://t.co/Jx1…
- It's not ALL about Eurovision this weekend. Check out street food Malmo style! http://t.co/41ZcnI9tKv @BRSkane @BritStreetFoodMay 17, 13 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- RT @BritStreetFood: Hollywood -- and its finest exponents -- discovering @BritStreetFood over at http://t.co/Qh3lRhmEXkMay 17, 13 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- @OFMLondon @theribman @Luardos Today, for those who don't know, it's #peanutsthursday. Just as much fun. Watch THAT trend, mothers.
- @studiofury ps we should use google hangout for 3 way conversations.....
- @studiofury colleague. how is 'it'?
- @studiofury i was 'hanging out' on my own for 30 minutes. not quite the buzzy vibe that gmail are trying to sell. but then was saved by a
- Thanks for offers to 'Google Hangout' - @partroot and I are heading to infinity and beyond at 3 @Moelfabanssc @LynneJevFellows @MadDetektiv
- Nobody accepted my invitation to Google Hangout. Nobody. Is that down to a technology that nobody is using? Or my personality? Don't answer.May 14, 13 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Anybody free to try Google Hangout with me please? 3pmish? I'm interviewing Michael Pollan wit it tomorrow, and need to appear tech savvy...May 14, 13 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- RT @BritStreetFood: Is there a religious revival going on in UK street food? http://t.co/Qh3lRhmEXk @_luardos @OrangeBuffalo @theribman @ri…
- RT @BritStreetFood: Nice guide to getting started in street food -- live now over at http://t.co/Qh3lRhmEXk @richardjohnsonxMay 12, 13 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- May 11, 13 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- RT @BritStreetFood: Streetfood used to equal rebellion Now it equals overthrow of government Blimey Watch what you eat http://t.co/Qh3lRhmE…
- @Londonist just wanted to tell you about the first app for London street food and market food, with live GPS maps?
- RT @wilkes888: BACON IS THE ANSWER! MT @novaspivack: 105 Woman Reveals Bacon as her Secret behind Long Life : http://t.co/fKZ4cCtM74
- Check out film short with @petrabarran on @KERB_ and London's street food scene http://t.co/3F0GEf21hh… @BritStreetFood
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- How a food lover has taken a stand — a fruit stand — against Toronto’s infamously restrictive street food bylaws. http://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2013/05/15/toronto_food_cart_fight_guerrilla_fruit_stand_challenges_restrictive_bylaws.html
- Will the star be Robert Downey Jr -- or the food truck? We know the answer. http://gulfnews.com/arts-entertainment/celebrity/downey-jr-and-favreau-to-reunite-on-independent-film-chef-1.1183003
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- La Creperie De Hampstead -- that London crepe institution -- sets about feeding Hollywood's finest. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2324946/Mila-Kunis-Ashton-Kutcher-stop-crepes-romantic-rainy-stroll-London.html
- Should we take our Lord's apparent love of Orange Buffalo chicken wings PLUS the power of Jesus the Mexican food truck at Luardos AND the divine top notes of the Ribman's Christ On A Bike Hot Sauce as evidence of a religious renaissance in the street food community? http://twitter.com/OrangeBuffalo/status/318296424762707969/photo/1
- What it's like to taste 70 loaves (without spitting!) as a judge in Paris' Best Baguette competition http://t.co/TfM423XQN6
- A nice little guide to getting started in street food -- from the Jabberwocky, home to some of our favourite gourmet toasties.
- What not to miss when you visit Morocco. Although I would add "bloke running round flashing his enormous tumour to tourists" to that list. It doesn't, surprisingly, make this CNN top 10. http://edition.cnn.com/2013/05/10/travel/morocco-street-food/index.html?eref=edition
- Street food now has the power to overthrow governments -- official. Don't mess with it, people. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/may/10/koshari-egyptian-restaurant-koshari-street
- This photo is posted by one of our favourite European traders -- Bernard Chesneau. Utterly mad, but a brilliant, old school street chef. With friends in high places, clearly. The handsome man in the photo is Rene Redzepi (of Noma, the world's best restaurant) leaning against Bernard's van. Anybody else and he wouldn't have lived to tell the tale.
- Woah! Check out THIS makeover, Carol Smillie. https://twitter.com/WoodboxPizzaVan/status/320515283741708288/photo/1
- Science is on our side people.
- More rumblings North of the border. If Scotland demands independence, what will happen to the British Street Food Awards? Now THAT is what they should be talking about on Question Time. http://www.heraldscotland.com/food-drink/latest/food-lovers-launches-street-revolution-in-scotland.2013058494
- Grilled Cheese Month? Really? These are some dangerous sandwiches. http://www.esquire.com/the-side/food-and-drink/grilled-cheese-photos-quotes-050113?src=rss
- The joy of street food -- that it gives the public access to a lot of foods that, otherwise, would never make it to market. But the Capri Sun I could love without. http://www.google.com/hostednews/getty/article/ALeqM5iu8EVGX-j_QE_QgUR-amPQylvWYA?docId=167838589
- Nice to think that this Canadian journalist thinks we're edgy, dangerous and underground. Does it matter that we like Scrabble? And pork pie? http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/travel/destinations/londons-hottest-restaurants-chow-down-before-theyre-gone/article11618068/
- Brighton, and its freewheeling attitude to life, is made for street food. Today it arrived -- at Street Diner. I tasted two surefire contenders for the 2013 British Street Food Awards.
- Scottish street food hits the streets of London http://www.heraldscotland.com/business/people/entrepreneur-gives-london-a-real-flavour-of-scotland.20818135
- This rare portrait of Robert Burns, so history has it, was painted after his first haggis toastie from Deeney's.
- Bangkok -- where food is not ghettoized in the restaurant. It swarms and seethes on the streets.http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2013/04/22/food-to-die-for-in-bangkok.html
- They took their time, but delighted to see Birmingham (finally) join London, Leeds, Bristol and Manchester as one of Britain's street food cities. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/restaurants-birmingham-midlands/2013/04/19/great-tastes-straight-from-birmingham-s-streets-65233-33190309/