Coren has been a restaurant critic for "The Times" since 1993, and was named "Food And Drink Writer of the Year" at the 2005 British Press Awards and in 2016 was named Restaurant Writer of the Year at the Fortnum and Mason Awards. As well as restaurant reviews, he also contributes a regular column to "The Times", the subjects of which range from personal life to politics. Under the pseudonym Professor Gideon Garter he wrote "The Intellectual's Guide to Fashion" for "The Sunday Times".