Darina Allen is often called the "The Julia Child of Ireland." She runs the world-renowned cooking school at Ballymaloe in County Cork, Ireland. She founded this school with her husband in 1983 and runs the highly regarded three-month diploma course as well as various other short courses at the school. Her Forgotten Skills series, upon which her book, Forgotten Skills of Cooking, was based is included in the cooking school program. The book has been shortlisted for the 2009 Andre Simon Food and Drink Book Awards. She is Ireland's most famous television cook and her cooking program, "Simply Delicious," is seen on TV around the world.
In 2005 she was awarded the IACP's Cooking Teacher of the Year Award.
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