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Allegra McEvedy

Biography

Allegra McEvedy MBE is a chef, writer and broadcaster. She has run the kitchens in a number of high profile restaurants including The Groucho club, The River Cafe and Robert de Niro’s New York based Tribeca Grill.

In 2003, Allegra co-founded LEON, the award-winning, healthy, fast-food restaurant group, which was named the “Best New Restaurant in Great Britain” at the Observer Food Monthly Awards. In 2008 LEON won the Palme d’Or for the Best Restaurant Concept in Europe.

Allegra was Chef in Residence at The Guardian for three years until 2009, as well as hosting a quarterly “cookalong”, the internet’s first live, interactive and illustrated cooking class. Her series Economy Gastronomy for the BBC

She is the author of five books – the latest being Bought, Borrowed & Stolen: Recipes and Knives from a Travelling Chef. Allegra has been a Patron of The Food Chain since 2009 and is currently advising on operations and logistics in the new Acorn House kitchen.

Allegra says “Wherever you are in the world, there’s no better way of giving people joy than by handing them a plate of food made with love … and watching them love it too” which resonates beautifully with our own philosophy.