Myrtle Allen

Myrtle Allen
Born
Myrtle Hill

(1924-03-13)13 March 1924[1]
Tivoli, Cork, Ireland
Died13 June 2018(2018-06-13) (aged 94)
Cork, Ireland
NationalityIrish
OccupationChef
EmployerSelf-employed
Known forMichelin starred Ballymaloe House
SpouseIvan Allen[2][3]
Children6
Kinoith

Myrtle Allen (13 March 1924 – 13 June 2018) was an Irish Michelin star-winning head chef and co-owner of the restaurant The Yeats Room at Ballymaloe House in Shanagarry, County Cork. Besides her career in cooking, she had also been a writer, hotelier and teacher.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference matriarch was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Schultz, Patricia (2003). 1,000 Places to See Before You Die. Workman Publishing Company. pp. 70–71. ISBN 0-7611-6102-3.
  3. ^ "Family". Archived from the original on 24 October 2012.