Allegra McEvedy

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Allegra McEvedy is a chef and the cofounder of Leon restaurants.

During a spell in the USA, facilitated by being awarded a special visa as 'an alien with extraordinary ability in the culinary arts', McEvedy worked at Rubicon in San Francisco, and ran the kitchen at Robert De Niro's famous New York restaurant Tribeca Grill.

She has also appeared on the 2008 BBC television series The Supersizers Go... with Giles Coren and Sue Perkins recreating historical British dishes such as Eel pie, Paraffin Cake and Tansy.

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Allegra is currently The Guardian's resident chef, and writes a weekly column.