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In 2004 he attracted press attention, and was listed under "Know your enemy" on an extreme rightwing forum, by noting that a central element of English cuisine, fish and chips, had foreign origins, since fried fish was Jewish while chips were most likely French. Similarly, ice cream was brought to Britain by Italian street vendors in the 19th century. In his view, the popular perception that food is tied to national identity is wrong; instead, the food people eat indicates the integration of cultures. The global press reaction included the Financial Times's "Kosher French Connection with Fish and Chips", and the Daily Star headline "Le Great Breetish Feesh and Cheeps: it's Frog Nosh Claims Prof", which according to the historian Stuart Hilton triggered the hostile reaction from extreme rightwing political parties.

Panayi has been an Alexander von Humboldt fellow at the University of Osnabrück at times between 1991 and 2014. He is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

Panikos Panayi was born in a Greek Cypriot family which migrated to Britain. He is a cultural historian. He has worked at De Montfort University, Leicester since 1990 and became professor of European history there in 1999. He writes on the social history of food and immigration. His books have been translated into German, French, and Japanese.

Panikos Panayi (18 October 1962–) is a cultural historian known for his books on the social history of food, immigration, and inter-ethnic relations.