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Nick Lander – aka Mr Jancis Robinson – was the Financial Times restaurant critic from 1989 to 2022. Now, every Sunday, he writes about restaurants exclusively for us, with occasional contributions from other food-obsessed members of the JancisRobinson.com team.
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Eating local in Barcelona
Two great restaurants selected by our Spanish specialist Ferran Centelles for Jancis and Nick during Barcelona’s wine trade fair. There is really one word that accurately describes the three-day Barcelona...
Nick Lander
Sunday 15 February 2026
• 1 min read
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