7 June 2026

Who is the Secret Diner?

I get a ridiculous amount of people landing on this site looking for, and entering in the search box “who is the secret diner“. Like, really? I’m gonna assume you didn’t think it was actually me, and thought I would know who it was. It’s this tool – tomgutteridge.com. Go make up your own mind. And give up the…

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22 January 2017

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I get a ridiculous amount of people landing on this site looking for, and entering in the search box “who is the secret diner“. Like, really? I’m gonna assume you didn’t think it was actually me, and thought I would know who it was.

It’s this tool – tomgutteridge.com. Go make up your own mind. And give up the anonymity The Journal – sending cockney millionaires who don’t even live in the region out to shite local restaurants on comped meals, never mind M* places in London and Manchester, is canny shocking.

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by Jeff Lyall

Newcastle Eats is my love letter to the food & drink establishments in the city I have been born and raised in.

I’ve been writing here since 2011, long before the influencers arrived, and my site remains independent, here only to showcase the (usually) great restaurants and food & drink establishments in Newcastle. Away from the table, I run a content strategy and writing consultancy.