Rachel Allen is a bestselling cookery writer, teacher and TV chef based at the world-famous Ballymaloe Cookery School in County Cork, Ireland.

Her 14 hugely successful cookbooks have sold over a million copies worldwide, and she has written for numerous magazines and newspapers including the Irish Mail on Sunday, the Sunday Tribune, Delicious, Olive, BBC Good Food, and her ongoing weekly food column for the Irish Sunday Independent. Rachel currently hosts RTE's The Restaurant with Marco Pierre White, and her TV series for the BBC and RTE (which include Rachel's Favourite Food, Bake, Easy Meals, Cake and Rachel's Everyday Kitchen) have been broadcast in over 30 different countries. She has also been a guest on multiple international programmes, including NBC's Today.

Rachel lives in a beautiful home overlooking the sea in Shanagarry, near Ballymaloe in County Cork, with her husband, Isaac, and their three children.