Ally is a passionate Cordon Bleu-trained chef and teacher who loves cooking from scratch. She graduated top of her class at an accredited Cordon Bleu cooking school and began her career cooking for the Royal Family at Kensington Palace. This experience was wonderful, but her greatest wish was to teach.

Eventually, she returned to her alma mater and after several years became Head Teacher. Her efforts to promote the use of organic, locally grown and fresh produce in their kitchens secured a national award for sustainability for the school in 2017. In 2019, when her husband took on a temporary post in Fort Worth, Texas, she created a successful baking company, specialising in classic British sweet and savoury pies. Working with other bakers in the region, she learned the craft of sourdough bread and explored the delights of regional Texas and Mexican cuisines.

After coming back to the UK, and after a year of managing a charity bakery, she decided to devote herself to the idea that good cooking begins at home. With the demands of a young family, she used all her skills to create ways to cook quick, delicious, nutritious meals from scratch, day after day, using fresh, locally available foods.

In her small city garden, with the help of her husband and two small children, Ally manages to grow her own organic fruit and veggies, keeps five hens for an endless supply of eggs, and is looking forward to setting up a beehive in time for next year’s flowers. Her business, Deliciousness From Ally's Kitchen, is her way of sharing her cooking skills so that the many people with little time on their hands can still enjoy the benefits of healthy, home cooking.

Whenever Ally isn't cooking or running around after her babies, she will be pottering in her garden or maybe even globetrotting with her little family, to foodie destinations with a view! Whether it’s forest or beaches, mountains or vast plains, as long as there is something delicious to eat, family by her side and some outdoors to explore, she’ll be happy!