Allegra is the culinary brains behind the healthy fast food chain, Leon, which first opened its doors in Carnaby Street in July, 2004

Allegra completed her classical French training at the Cordon Bleu School in London in 1991. Her CV is varied, having worked at Green's, The Belvedere in Holland Park, The Groucho Club and The River Café in London, and at Rubicon in San Francisco.

She has also experienced the glamour of the USA, working at Robert De Niro's New York restaurant, Tribeca Grill. While in New York, she also personally cooked for then-President Clinton.

When she returned to London, Allegra joined The Good Cook group, initially as head chef of The Tabernacle, a community restaurant in Notting Hill, and later as head chef of The Good Cook in Kensington High Street and was chef-in-residence at London's Institute of Contemporary Arts.

She now spends her time writing for G2 magazine and has published three cookbooks. The Good Cook, Allegra McEvedy's Colour Cookbook, which won the IACP (International Association of Culinary Professionals) 2007 Cookbook award in the Chefs and Restaurants category and Leon: Ingredients and Recipes which was published in autumn 2008.