Myrtle Allen (born 1924, Tivoli, Cork, County Cork), called the "renowned matriarch of Modern Irish cuisine," "the leading light of modern-day Irish cooking," and "as important to her country's cuisine as Alice Waters was to America's." is 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 has also been a writer, hotelier and teacher.