Egon Ronay

Hungarian-born food critic

Egon Miklos Ronay (24 July 1915 – 12 June 2010) was a Hungarian-born food critic who wrote and published a famous series of guides to British and Irish restaurants and hotels in the 1950s and 1960s.

These guidebooks are credited with raising the quality of British cuisine offered in public eating places.Ronay also championed foreign cuisine for British diners.