Allegra McEvedy

About Allegra McEvedy

Professional chef and author who has published more than a half-dozen best-selling cookbooks. She's worked as the chef de cuisine at restaurants such as The Tabernacle, Rubicon, and Robert De Niro's Tribeca Grill. She's also worked as a chef in residence at The Guardian and contributed weekly pieces to the publication.

Allegra McEvedy before fame

She graduated from Cordon Bleu in London with a certificate in classical French cooking in 1991, and went on to acquire a further certificate from the Wine & Spirit Education Trust. She got her first head chef job in Notting Hill when she was 24 years old.

Achievement of Allegra McEvedy

She catered a Democratic Party fundraiser and cooked for former US President Bill Clinton herself.

Allegra McEvedy family life

Colin McEvedy, her father, was a psychiatrist, historian, and writer; her mother was also a writer who died when she was only 17 years old. Susi Smither was her husband from 2006 till 2012. She and her daughter Delilah moved in with her partner Jack Monroe and the food blogger's son in 2014.

Associations of Allegra McEvedy

She took over as a judge on the BBC series Junior Bake Off from fellow chef and television celebrity Mary Berry.

Top Facts You Did Not Know About Allegra McEvedy

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