THE original Ten Commandments have very little to offer when it comes to the complex business of how and what we eat. Now award-winning restaurant critic and MasterChef judge Jay Rayner has decided it’s time to act.

In The Ten (Food) Commandments, he takes audiences on an audio-visual romp (take that Moses) to the foodie Promised Land. He explains why thou shalt always eat with thy hands, most definitely worship leftovers, and celebrate the stinkiest of foods. He also deals once and for all with some burning etiquette questions: whether it is okay to covet thy neighbour's oxen (it is), eat with your hands (very important indeed) and cut off the fat (no). The Ten (Food) Commandments combines reportage and anecdotes with scrummy recipes.

Rayner is best known for his work as a food critic for the Observer. He is a former Critic of the Year and Restaurant Critic of the Year. In a recent survey of journalists and the public by UK Press Gazette he was voted the most influential food and drink writer in Britain. Although food-obsessed, Rayner is no one-trick pony. He is the author of four novels and three works of non-fiction. The Marble Kiss, published in 1994, was nominated for the Author’s Club of Great Britain First Novel Award. His second, Day of Atonement, released in 1998, was nominated for the Jewish Quarterly’s international prize for Jewish fiction. A pianist in his own right, in 2012 he formed the Jay Rayner Quartet and began gigging around the country, playing a repertoire from the Great American songbook, including tunes around the theme of food and drink. His varied television work includes appearances as a judge in multiple series of MasterChef, and on the panel on BBC2’s Eating With The Enemy. He has presented two editions of Dispatches for Channel 4 and in the US was a part of the expert panel on Top Chef Masters. He is also the resident food pundit for The One Show. And to cap it all he was once a sex columnist for Cosmopolitan – true story.

Join the chair of Radio 4’s Kitchen Cabinet as he sets out to provide hilarious guidance on the very best way to eat now. The show starts at 7.30pm tonight and includes a Q&A and book signing. Tickets are £20.50.

To book call 01793 524481 or visit swindontheatres.co.uk.