ACCLAIMED food critic Jay Rayner is returning to Dorset tonight (24) when he will give his take on restaurants at his My Dining Hell show in Lyme Regis.

Jay’s regular job is food critic at The Observer and is famed for his scathing reviews of restaurants where he hasn’t enjoyed his meal.

He said: “I realised I could have a lot more fun if I put together audio visual shows and in that way powerpoint becomes a second presenter.

“My Dining Hell comes from an ebook I have released which contains 20 of my worst restaurant reviews.

“The first part is 40 minutes of me ranting about things that I hate and going through six of my most hated restaurant experiences. All of them are in London."

The critic will then take questions from the audience.

Jay is looking forward to his show in west Dorset after spending many memorable summers in the county.

“I’ll be very interested to see what I’ll be asked in Lyme Regis,” he said.

“I know Dorset pretty well because for seven years we came on holiday to Knowle House in Studland.

“We went to Moonfleet Manor for six summers , I think overall we’ve had about 11 or 12 summer holidays spent in Dorset.

“As a child I went to Milton Abbas for a Jewish summer camp.”

Jay has also got a knowledge of his favourite places to eat in Dorset, and likes the change from London.

“The Crab House Cafe in Weymouth is very unique," he said. "You’re not going to find anywhere like that in the capital.

“I also really enjoyed the Brassica restaurant in Beaminster.

“I think people get a bit tired when you bang on about a restaurant, like I have with the Riverside restaurant in West Bay.”

His particular bugbear about eating out in the UK at the moment is gastropubs.

“There are a number of gastropubs in this country who all do the same menu.

“Things like rump steak, seabass and chocolate tart for dessert.”

Jay still enjoys cooking at home, but has a hatred of dishwashers.

“The stuff we have at home is the kind of stuff most families have," he said.

“I think people have visions of us eating roast swan and braised otter!

“I really like cooking but I can be slightly obsessive.

“I hate dishwashers though, especially when everything you need to use is in there and you haven’t even run it yet.”