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Kathryn Williams

Jay Rayner says Cardiff's food scene is 'so, very much better' as city's arch-critic returns

A food critic who provoked outrage when he pilloried Cardiff's dining options six years ago has returned to Wales capital - and this time he likes it.

In 2016, the only place Guardian food writer Jay Rayner could find that he wanted to review was the student-training kitchen at Cardiff and Vale College called The Classroom.

He wrote of the fifth-floor dining room on Dumballs Road: " I could claim it’s a useful addition to Cardiff’s burgeoning culinary scene but this would be a lie because, while the city has many good things to recommend it, the eating opportunities are not among them."

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