AllegraAngelo,AQRestaurant
AllegraAngelowasbornandraisedinNewHaven,Connectictut.She
graduatedfromHopkinsSchoolandreceivedadegreeinbiological
anthropologyfromEmoryUniversity.Whileincollegeshestudied
abroadattheUniversityofBordeaux,workedpart-timeasateaching
assistantinthebiologydepartment,andworkedfull-timeasamaître
d’atWatershedrestaurant.Growing-upworkinginrestaurantssince
shewas14,shecontinuedherpassionforfoodandbeverageatthe
CulinaryInstituteofAmericainHydePark,NewYork.Whilea
student,shecompleteda4-monthcookinginternshipinCaliforniaat
theBernardusLodgeandspentweekendsinterningwiththepastry
teamatJean-GeorgesinNewYorkCitywhereshewentontowork
full-timeasapastrycookandwaspartoftherestaurantteamwhen
theyreceivedtheirfirst,3Michelinstars.
InMiamiAngeloreturnedtothefront-of-the-houseandworkedasaserverforJamesBeardAward
winningchefMichelleBernsteinathernamesakerestaurantmichy’s.Shewaspromotedto
manager,sommelier,andthenwinedirector.Shecreatedanddirectedthewineprogramsat
michy’s,Sra.Martinez,andMBattheOmphoyHotel.Duringthattime,shewasrecognizedby
Wine&SpiritsMagazine’sas“BestNewSommeliers”in2010andwasfortunatetotravel
throughoutthewineregionsofFrance,Spain,andGermany.Afterasix-yearrunwithChef
Bernstein,Allegracontinuedherpassionfor“allthingsliquid”asaconsultant,thenbeverage
directorfor50EggsInc.,whereshediscoveredanaffinityforspiritsandcraftedcocktails.She
createdanddirectedtheoriginalwine,spirit,andbeerprogramsforYardbirdSouthernTable&
Bar,SwineSouthernTable&Bar,KhongRiverHouse,andPatpongRoadLounge.
AllegraiscurrentlythesommelierforAQrestaurantandisthecreatorof“BottlecoatPop-up”in
SanFrancisco.AsaconsultantshecreatedtheoriginalwineprogramforBonMarché(San
Francisco),theoriginalcocktailprogramatRootnBone(NYC),andthewineprogramat
MignonetteOysterBar(Miami).ShehasworkedharvestinBurgundy,Tuscany,andSpainand
holdsaLevelIIIAdvancedSommeliercertificatefromtheCourtofMasterSommeliers,passingthe
theoryportionoftheMasterSommelierexamin2015.ShehasbeenquotedinWine&Spirits
Magazine,Food&WineMagazine,theWallStreetJournal,ImbibeMagazine,SouthernBeverage
Journal,andPlateMagazineandhaspublishedarticlesfor
http://www.mercerrestaurantgroup.com/trinch/,EdibleSouthFlorida,SouthFlorida&Lodging,
andwww.thedailymeal.com.