Born in Glasgow, multi-award-winning chef and cookbook author Gary Maclean spent his early career was working in hotels where he learned several key skills. At the age of 30, he opened his own restaurant in Glasgow and, as head chef, challenged himself to regularly create new and exciting menus for his customers. From there, he went on to run the kitchens at Glasgow’s Gallery of Modern Art and the Burrell Collection.
Gary has also held executive chef positions at two of Scotland’s biggest independent operators, and his current role as Senior Lecturer at City of Glasgow College is what really drives his passion for mentoring other young chefs and creative cooking.
In December 2016, he was crowned MasterChef: The Professionals Champion 2016, after taking on 47 other professional chefs in the pursuit of gastronomic glory. He battled through seven weeks of fierce competition on our TV screens and extraordinary cooking in the culinary challenges. There was only one king of the kitchen, and he touched the hearts and passions of the UK TV audience.
