Does Anonymity Matter When A Restaurant Critic Goes Out To Dine?

It shouldn't for the simple reason that, while a restaurateur might bend over backwards to please the critic if recognized, it does not change ...

On Anonymity & Other Standards in Food Reviewing - The Hunger

If a random person or one of the many critics who had long ago thrown away the standards of anonymity had written those words I probably wouldn' ...

Why Anonymity Matters | Seattle Met

I am an anonymous restaurant critic. Have been for 30 years. Here is what that means: With about five exceptions—the cost of having a life ...

Why Restaurant Critics Need Anonymity | The New Yorker

By far the most interesting part of the discussion concerned anonymity: how crucial is it, ultimately, for a critic to be incognito when ...

On the matter of anonymity – Gastronomic Salt Lake City

Of late, I seem to have been embroiled in more than one debate about anonymity and the life of a restaurant critic.

Restaurant Critics and Anonymity - Wine Spectator

But in reality, in any major city, the point is moot. If a picture isn't posted in the kitchen, enough members of the staff recognize the key reviewers. And ...

Is the 'Times' Saying Anonymity Doesn't Matter Anymore in a Dining ...

This will allow readers to decide for themselves if the published review is suspect in any way. Restaurateurs can do so many things to make the ...

My year in review as Freep restaurant critic: Accidentally anonymous

Anonymity allows a writer to step into a restaurant without risking an outing where the staff panders to their position of power to make or ...

Jonathan Gold drops anonymous restaurant critic mask

And in a way, the game of peekaboo is harmful both to critics and to the restaurants they write about. If chefs truly can cook better when they ...

Bill Keller on Restaurant Critics and Anonymity - The New York Times

Others, probably most, are not on the lookout for critics because they are plenty busy doing their jobs. A review is almost always based on ...

The Anonymity Debate: Trey Popp On Adam Platt's Unmasking

Platt is right to reject the charade that “anonymity” has become for him and many other big-time restaurant critics.

Anonymous Restaurant Reviewing: Journalistic Gold Standard or ...

The case for anonymity is familiar: The best means to give readers a true picture of a meal is by eating it like a civilian. “You get the real ...

Let the Critics Out of the Closet | PopMatters

Chief among these is the commonplace dictum, “reviews should be conducted as anonymously as possible.” Even professional organizations governing ...

Restaurant Review - Dining critic anonymity: the hard truth

The truth is, once a critic has been in a city for a long period of time, total anonymity is practically impossible. And also, that anonymity ...

A Food Critic's Many Masks - The New York Times

But the restaurant critic operates anonymously, eating in restaurants under fake names and paying for the meals using credit cards that ...

Does Anonymity Really Matter for Restaurant Critics? | Good Food ...

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TIL that Michelin goes to huge lengths to keep the Inspectors (who ...

TIL that Michelin goes to huge lengths to keep the Inspectors (who give out stars to restaurants) anonymous. Many of the top people have ...

Why Some Restaurant Critics Shed Their Disguises - Forbes

The question of restaurant critic anonymity has been an often-debated and non-resolved topic in the food world for some time.

Is Anonymity in Food Reviewing Dead? - Washington City Paper

The magazine refuses to hire one person and instead will enlist a roster of well-known food writers to review, not critique, favorite ...

Really, Is Everyone a Critic? — Resy | Right This Way

The restaurant critic is trusted as an expert because she is a lifelong student of food or, more specifically, of eating. Put in the time, eat ...