Biography

David is a British food and travel writer and one of the foremost international restaurant critics. In a career spanning more than 15 years, he has lived in Bangkok, Kansas City, Luca, London and now Dubai, and has contributed to the likes of Condé Nast Traveler, The Sunday Times, The Independent, Tatler, Bangkok 101, The South China Morning Post and Jamie Oliver magazine. For more than ten years, he also wrote a restaurant review column for Civilian Global.

As the editor of Gault&Millau UAE, David writes news, features and interviews from across the region, leads the assembly of the Gault&Millau Champagne Index and collates reviews for the annual publication of the restaurant guide. He is a member of the British Guild of Food Writers and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. David lives in Dubai and spends much of his time travelling.

Full Biography

David Joseph Constable was born in Maidstone, Kent, and educated in the UK and the USA, where he earned a Degree in English Literature & Journalism and a Masters Degree in Modern & Contemporary Writing.

Hee has since led a nomadic life, living in Kansas City, Bangkok, Tuscany, London, and Dubai. While in Bangkok, David was the editor and restaurant critic for Bangkok 101 magazine and edited the city’s BAM! Art Map. While in Tuscany, he lived in Luca and worked as a features writer for the Italian food magazine Cook Inc.

David has travelled extensively and toured the world for various assignments, marking off over 80 countries. His travel writing is recognised for its immersive style and first-person narrative, seeking out locals, crossing borders and addressing the myths and rumours often associated with particular countries, delving beneath the places we think we know to reveal the stories between the lines.

In more than 15 years of series travel writing, David has ridden with the wild gauchos of Patagonia, retraced the footsteps of Bruce Chatwin across southern America, was initiated into the Kaukura tribe and competed against Polynesian tribes in the Heiva i Tahiti, trained with the capoeira youths of Salvador in Brazil, interviewed the workers and residents of Sin City, sailed the Routes des Princes, ridden in the 2016 Tour de France, and detailed his meetings and run-ins with politicians, diplomats, migrants, prostitutes, traffickers, gun runners and dealers in arms and gold.

His writing has been featured in a wide range of international newspapers and magazines, including Condé Nast Traveler, The Sunday Times, The Independent, Metro, Tatler, Time Out, Suitcase, Port, Foodism, Escapism, Bangkok 101, Fine Dining Lovers, The South China Morning Post and Jamie Oliver magazine.

He has been interviewed on his work for various BBC Radio Arts Programmes, including The Robert Elms Show and Radio 4’s flagship current affairs programme, Today. He writes, edits, and is a CELTA-qualified English teacher for foreign adults via the Cambridge University English Language Assessment.

David is a member of the British Guild of Food Writers and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. David lives in Dubai and spends much of his time travelling.