Gary Maclean
Gary Maclean is a Scottish chef, author and the first National Chef of Scotland. Career. Maclean developed an interest in cooking in the early 1980s and found early employment in hotel kitchens. He was appointed the head chef of "55BC", a Glasgow restaurant, at the age of 22. This was his first head chef position. He later became executive chef of Glasgow Museums, this post gave him responsibility over the restaurants at the Burrell Collection and the Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow. Maclean began full-time teaching at the City of Glasgow College, in 2010, he had previously  spent 13 years working at the college in a part-time capacity. Maclean successfully auditioned to appear on 2016's edition of "", this was his third attempt at applying for the show. Maclean competed against 47 other professional chefs over 7 weeks of competition, he was declared the winner in the final episode of season 9. The Scottish Government announced, in November 2017, that Maclean was to become Scotland's first National Chef. This role includes promoting Scottish produce on the world stage and encourage the domestic consumption of healthy, locally produced food. Maclean released his first book: "Kitchen Essentials : The Joy of Home Cooking", in October 2018, it was published by Black & White Publishing. Maclean now has his own seafood restaurant within Bonnie & Wild at the newly opened St James Quarter shopping centre in Edinburgh.