Martin MacLeod
Senior Partner,
Big Food Consults
Career
Martin MacLeod is the Senior Partner at Big Food Consults, having honed his culinary expertise over 20 years in 10 market-leading hotels across 5 countries. Originally an engineering student in Scotland, he found his passion in kitchens rather than mechanics. Martin gained formal accreditation as an apprentice in a leading Seattle hotel, leading to a career filled with long shifts and back-to-back responsibilities which he found rewarding and fun. Today, he focuses on nurturing future chefs and developing new food concepts that highlight healthful, natural Taiwanese ingredients. Martin is also an accredited hospitality professor at Hong Kuang University and has significantly influenced Taiwan’s food scene, especially with his innovative work at The W Hotel in Taipei.