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In 1975, Myrtle Allen became the first Irish woman to receive a Michelin Star, which she held for five years. [8] Darina married the Allen's son Tim, and (together with her brother Rory O'Connell) started the Ballymaloe Cooking School in nearby Kinoith in 1983. [9] [8] Ballymaloe Cookery School is located approximately 4 km from Ballymaloe House.
By the 1960s she and her sous-chef, Darina O'Connell, started giving courses in cooking. Later Darina, by then married to Myrtle's son Tim Allen, moved the cookery classes to Kinoith under the name of Ballymaloe Cookery School. In 1986 Myrtle Allen was part of founding Euro-toques International and founder of Euro-toques Ireland.
It was a three-month course at Ballymaloe that sparked her passion for food. [16] It was while attending Ballymaloe Cookery School and learning from Myrtle Allen, Rachel started dating Myrtle's grandson, Isaac, when they were both aged 18. They married in 1998. [17] The wedding took place at Cloyne Cathedral.
She is a leader of the Slow Food movement in Ireland and instrumental in establishing a network of farmers' markets in the County Cork area. In the 1960s she was sous-chef at Ballymaloe House and started giving courses in cooking. Later she moved the cookery classes to Kinoith under the name of Ballymaloe Cookery School.
Ballymaloe House (ba-lee-ma-LOO) is a country house with a hotel and dining facilities, located in Shanagarry in County Cork, Ireland. Traces of a 15th century castle remain within its fabric. The Yeats Room of Ballymaloe is a restaurant, It is a fine dining facility that was awarded one Michelin star for each year in the period 1975–1980.
The village is located near Ireland's south coast, approximately 35 kilometres (22 mi) east of Cork, on the R632 regional road. Shanagarry is known for the Ballymaloe Cookery School, in the home and gardens of celebrity chef Darina Allen. Also resident here is Darina's daughter-in-law and chef Rachel Allen.
She attended Presentation Secondary School in Terenure and trained on a professional cookery course at the TU Dublin School of Culinary Arts and Food Technology in Dublin. [1] [2] She began her career in the city, with Derry Clarke of L'Ecrivain. Haugh then moved to London where she worked with Philip Howard, Shane Osborn and Gordon Ramsay.
Clodagh McKenna is an Irish chef, author of cookbooks, [2] columnist and television presenter. She has demonstrated cookery on The Rachael Ray Show , [ 1 ] ITV 's This Morning and hosted several television series and writes a column for the Evening Standard .