Rachel hoping to cook up a storm Stateside

RACHEL Allen’s campaign to win over American hearts and stomachs looks a dead cert as the celebrity chef is being lined up to appear on the Oprah Winfrey show.

Sources close to the Ballymaloe star say Rachel’s US publishers are “very confident” Rachel will appear on Oprah this summer. Her manager and husband, Isaac Allen admitted yesterday they have been in talks with the show’s producers.

Her American publishers are clearly seeing a bright future for her on the other side of the Atlantic and there is a major publicity campaign under way to promote the latest chef from the Allen stable.