[10] Maclean successfully auditioned to appear on 2016's edition of MasterChef: The Professionals, this was his third attempt at applying for the show.

[11] After competing against 47 other professional chefs over 7 weeks of competition, Maclean was declared the winner in the final episode of season 9.

[14] It features a foreword by Marcus Wareing, a Michelin-starred chef and one of the judges on MasterChef: The Professionals.

[18][19] Maclean co-presented BBC Scotland's Corner Shop Cook-Off alongside Clare Grogan.

During each episode, Maclean would compete with another chef to determine who could cook the best three course meal using only produce from a local corner shop.

It is located in the Bonnie & Wild Scottish Marketplace in the St James Quarter, Edinburgh.