She is daughter-in-law of renowned cook Darina Allen of the Ballymaloe Cookery School (Cork, Ireland). She is married to Darina's son Issac.
Gave birth to her third child, a daughter, Scarlett Lily Allen, on 28th January 2009 and who weighed 7lbs 3oz at birth. She also has two sons Joshua (born 1999) and Lucca (born 2002).