Darina Allen runs the world-renowned cookery school at Ballymaloe in Ireland and is the bestselling author of Ballymaloe Cookery Course.
She won the Guild of Food Writers\' Lifetime Achievement award in 2013..
Through the East Cork Educational Fund, she runs a programme for local primary schools to help local children learn about food from garden to plate.
She campaigns for local produce, is a member of Slow Food Ireland and set up Ireland\'s first farmers\' market.
Darina Allen runs the world-renowned cookery school at Ballymaloe in Ireland and is the bestselling author of Ballymaloe Cookery Course