Raymond Postgate  was a socialist, journalist and editor, social historian, mystery novelist and gourmet who  founded The Good Food Guide in 1951,.
Raymond William Postgate (6 November 1896  29 March 1971) was an English socialist, author, journalist and editor, social historian, mystery novelist and gourmet, who founded the Good Food Guide. The Guide's first issue came out in 1951; it accepted no advertisements and still relied on volunteers to visit and report on UK restaurants. 
