Fay Goldie MaschlerMBE (néeCoventry; 15 July 1945) is a British journalist who was the restaurant critic ofLondon'sEvening Standard newspaper for nearly 50 years. She won a contest for the position in 1972,^[1] when her tenure was supposed to last for three months.^[1] In December 2020, theEvening Standard announced that Maschler would leave the role of its chief restaurant critic after 48 years, to be succeeded byJimi Famurewa, but would continue as a contributor.^[2] She was subsequently appointed restaurant critic ofTatler magazine.^[3]

Maschler was born in British India and moved to Surrey, England in 1947.^[4] When she was 12, her family moved toOld Greenwich, Connecticut, where she learned to cook.^[5][6] She was married to the publisherTom Maschler from 1970 to 1987.^[7][8] She was latterly married toReg Gadney, the thriller writer and painter; he died in early May 2018.^[9] She and Tom Maschler had three children, Ben, Hannah and Alice; they were divorced in 1987 and he died in 2020.

In 2004, Maschler was awarded anMBE for services to journalism.^[2] Two photographic portraits of Maschler are held in the collection of theNational Portrait Gallery, London.^[10]

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