Allegra McEvedy

Allegra Sarah Bazzett McEvedy MBE (born 1970) is an English chef, broadcaster and writer. Born and raised in Hammersmith, her father Colin McEvedy was a consultant psychiatrist, historian and writer; her mother a writer. Privately educated at St Paul's Girls' School, she went to school with Observer food columnist Daisy Garnett. Her mother died when she was aged 17, and combined with her coming out as gay, she found adjusting to adult life difficult and was expelled from school. In 1991, McEvedy completed her classical French training at the Cordon Bleu in London. She also obtained the Higher Certificate from the Wine & Spirit Education Trust. She later worked at Green’s, The Belvedere in Holland Park, Alfred’s, The Groucho Club and The...