ABOUT ALLIE

Allie Balin has quite the fondness for food, beverage, and all things hospitality. Growing up in a family of talented chefs and eaters, she has been cooking, enjoying, and educating herself about food since she was young. As a lifetime lover of all things culinary, Allie has spent time in many different arenas of the food and beverage industry. She completed a graduate degree from NYU’s Graduate School of Arts and Science in World History with a focus in Food Studies while working in restaurants and writing for Gourmet Live, Epicurious, and Saveur. She was the Co-Founder, Co-Owner, General Manager, and Sommelier at the award winning Henrietta Red in Nashville, TN. And most recently, she founded Balin Beverage Co., a female owned, wholesale spirits, wine, and beer import and distribution business based in Northern Nevada.

Throughout her career, Allie’s been named one of the most influential sommeliers by Wine & Spirits Magazine, one of Southern Living’s thirty women moving southern food forward, and one of the twelve chefs and restaurateurs on the rise by Restaurant Hospitality. She gained her Certified Sommelier Certification with the Court of Master Sommeliers and was named one of the 30 under 30 hospitality professionals in America on Zagat’s first ever nationwide list. She is the Food and Beverage Director for Deep Dive Hospitality and their project The Wildset Hotel and Ruse restaurant. She lives in Lake Tahoe with her husband and puppy, Lucy.