22-03-2014
A non-portrait of Marina O'Loughlin, famous gastronomic critic of Metro and Olive. She alternates slamming restaurants with positive reviews without ever forcing her judgement (photo www.intoxicatingprose.com)
Around here hardly anyone has ever seen her, but plenty of people read her reviews (on the Guardian, on Olive Magazine) and in drones follow her on Twitter (her handle is @MarinaOLoughlin). Marina O’Loughlin is one of the most respected food critics of the United Kingdom, despite her physical aspect being a total mystery. She doesn’t appear on TV and doesn’t attend events and openings. This of course allows her to be able to appreciate a restaurant under the cover of anonymity. The difference between her and other equally respected but visible critics such as Tom Parker Bowles is that she never gets preferential treatment, not by the chefs nor by the staff; in her own words, the fact that she has no friends in the industry also allows her to be pretty objective and experience a restaurant exactly as her readers would. Obviously, the downside of it is that she’s not able to get tables at the hottest restaurants any faster than the rest of us.
The avatar chosen by Marina O’Loughlin on twitter
photo by www.slate.com
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A British citizen from Naples, obsessive scuba diver, digital marketing manager Monday to Friday, foodie at any given time