After graduating, Pellegrino moved to London and worked on women’s and entertainment magazines. In 1994 she moved to Auckland and became deputy editor, and then editor of
New Zealand Woman’s Weekly. Pellegrino writes articles for the
New Zealand Listener,
Next Magazine,
NZ Gardener and
Food Magazine, and has a regular book column in the
New Zealand Woman’s Weekly. Pellegrino was moved to begin on a long-held dream of writing a novel, and wrote
Delicious while co-writing D'Audney's autobiography. == Publications ==