Darina Allen

Biography

Darina Allen is Ireland’s best-known food ambassador and runs the world-renowned cookery school at Ballymaloe, Ireland. She is the author of Irish Traditional Cooking, Easy Entertaining, Healthy Gluten-free Eating and most recently, Forgotten Skills of Cooking, which won the prestigious André Simon Award. Darina founded the first Farmers' Markets in Ireland and is a tireless campaigner for local produce. She is a natural teacher, whose enthusiasm and energy for good things is quite contagious.

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