Rachel Allen
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Rachel Allen
| 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! |
| Relatives | Darina Allen (mother-in-law), Isaac Allen (husband) |
| Website | |
| www.rachelallen.co.uk | |
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Rachel Allen (born 21 March 1972, in Dublin) is an Irish celebrity chef, known for her work on television and as a writer. She appears regularly on Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ).
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Career as chef
Allen went to the Ballymaloe Cookery School at the age of 18.[1] 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[citation needed] before returning again 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, 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.[2]
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]
Allen designs a line of products for Tipperary Crystal, including crystal stemware, porcelain dinner sets, and kitchen/dining essentials.[citation needed]
In 2012, she was involved in a controversy over hunting pictures of her posted on Facebook. She soon appeared as a guest on The Saturday Night Show to discuss her behaviour.[3]
Personal life
Her Icelandic mother, Hallfridur 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.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Rachel Allen at Ballymaloe Cookery School". Ballymaloe Cookery School. http://www.cookingisfun.ie/vpages/lecturers/rachelallen.html. Retrieved 2010-09-27.
- ^ "Irish Cooking Star Rachel Allen Joins Public Television’s Create Channel In September". Create (TV network). 23 August 2010. http://www.createtv.com/CreateTV.nsf/vNews/Irish+Cooking+Star+Rachel+Allen+Joins+Public+Television+s+Create+Channel+In+September. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
- ^ "Rachel Allen among O'Connor's guests". RTÉ Ten (Raidió Teilifís Éireann). 6 January 2012. http://www.rte.ie/ten/2012/0106/saturdaynightshow.html. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
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