Rachel Allen
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| Rachel Allen | |
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| Born | March 21, 1972 Dublin, Ireland |
| Residence | County Cork, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Education | Ballymaloe Cookery School |
| Occupation | Television chef, writer |
| Television | Rachel's Favourite Food Rachel's Favourite Food for Friends Rachel's Favourite Food at Home Rachel Allen: Bake! |
| Spouse(s) | Isaac Allen |
| Children | Three[1] |
| Relatives | Darina Allen (mother-in-law), Myrtle Allen (grandmother-in-law) |
| Website | www |
Rachel Allen (born 21 March 1972, in Dublin) is an Irish celebrity chef, known for her work on television and as a writer. She has often appeared on Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ).
Career as chef and writer
Allen went to the Ballymaloe Cookery School at the age of 18.[2] After graduating from the school she cooked at the Ballymaloe House Hotel, eventually returning first to test recipes and then to teach at the school. She worked for a while as a caterer in Vancouver[3] before returning to teach at Ballymaloe.
In September 2004, RTÉ broadcast Allen’s first series in Ireland Rachel's Favourite Food, which has also been broadcast in Australia, Canada, Italy, and elsewhere. A book, Rachel’s Favourite Food, accompanied the series, published by Gill & Macmillan. Two further TV series and books followed, Rachel’s Favourite Food for Friends and Rachel's Favourite Food at Home; reruns of the latter became part of Create's television schedule in the United States starting in September 2010.[4]
Allen is a frequent guest on BBC's Saturday Kitchen, and is one of the presenters on the Good Food Channel Market Kitchen show. In 2008, she was in a series called Rachel Allen: Bake! for RTÉ.
Allen has written for many Irish publications, including three years with Irish lifestyle magazine Image and a weekly column in The Sunday Tribune Magazine. She has also contributed to BBC Good Food magazine and AWT At Home magazine.[citation needed]
In 2010, Allen launched a line of products for Tipperary Crystal, including crystal stemware, porcelain dinner sets, and kitchen/dining essentials.[5]
In 2012, she was involved in a controversy over hunting pictures of her posted on Facebook.[6] She soon appeared as a guest on The Saturday Night Show to discuss her behaviour.[7]
Books
- Rachel’s Favourite Food
- Rachel’s Favourite Food for Friends
- Rachel's Favourite Food at Home. London: Collins, 2006 978-0-00-788813-9
- Home Cooking. London: HarperCollins, 2009 ISBN 978-0-00-725971-7
- Coast: recipes inspired by Ireland's wild Atlantic coast. London: HarperCollins, 2015 0-00-746243-8-
Personal life
Her Icelandic mother, Hallfríður Reichenfeld, was in the fashion business and had clothes shops. Her father, Brian O'Neill, had inherited the Winstanley shoe manufacturing business.
Allen lives at a seaside home in County Cork with her husband Isaac, the son of television chef Darina Allen, and their three children.[2]
In July 2012, she received an Honorary Doctorate in Science from the University of Ulster at Belfast's Waterfront Hall for her contribution to the culinary arts. Her mother-in-law Darina Allen received an honorary doctorate from the same university in 2003.
References
- ↑ Allen, Rachel (2009) Home Cooking. London: Collins; p. 252
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