Owns and runs the internationally renowned Ballymaloe Cookery School at Shanagarry, Co. Cork in Ireland
Darina Allen
Professions
Author, Chef, Cookery teacher, Food and travel writer
Regular work
Teaches at the Ballymaloe Cooekry School
Weekly food column in The Irish Examiner.
Occasional pieces for Irish Times, Irish Farmers Journal, Irish Wine and Food Magazine, Image Magazine
Advisory boards / Awards
Mentor of The Future is Food Transition Year Programme in association with Taste Council and Bord Bia
Leader of East Cork Slow Food Convivia and Educational Project
Trustee of Irish Organic Centre.
Member of the Irish Food Board (Bord Bia) Taste Council.
Member of Artisan Food Forum of FSAI. (Food Safety Authority of Ireland.)
Patron of Irish Seedsavers.
Founder Member of Midleton Farmers Market.
October 2015, recipient of the inaugural iBAM! 2015 Culinary Arts Award.
November 2014, ‘Outstanding Achievement in Business Award’ by the Cork Chamber of Commerce.
February 2014, '30 Years at Ballymaloe' won the ‘Best Professional Author & Chef’ category of the WORLD GOURMANDS for the UK.
May 2013, I was awarded The Guild of Food Writers (UK) top accolade, the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’, for my incalculable contribution to culinary education.
“Forgotten Skills” won the André Simon Food Book of the Year, 2010.
Links
Contact
- Email Darina
- 00353214646785
- Ballymaloe Cookery School Shanagarry Co. Cork, P25R274 Ireland