Julie Lin

Julie Lin
Born
Julie Swee-Lin MacLeod

September 1991 (age 34)
Years active2014–present
Culinary career
Current restaurants
    • Julie's Kopitiam
    • GaGa
Television shows
Websitewww.julielin.co.uk

Julie Lin (born September 1991) is a Scottish chef, restaurateur, television personality and author. She began her career as a quarter-finalist in the ninth series of MasterChef (2014) on BBC One. She has since opened two restaurants, the second, GaGa, of which earned a Bib Gourmand. Her debut cookbook Sama Sama was published in 2025.

Early life

Lin was born to a Scottish father and a Malaysian Chinese mother and grew up in Glasgow.[1][2]

Career

In 2014, Lin was a quarter-finalist in series 9 of the BBC One reality cooking competition MasterChef.[3] In the following years, Lin trained with Laurie Macmillan at Café Strange Brew and became head chef of Rachna Dheer's Babu Bombay Street Kitchen.[4] In 2016, Lin co-hosted the STV series Julie and Jimmy's Hot Woks with fellow Glasgow chef Jimmy Lee.[5]

After a successful first pop-up,[4] at the end of 2017 and start of 2018, Lin opened her first restaurant, Julie's Kopitiam, on Pollokshaws Road in Shawlands, south side Glasgow.[6] She opened her second restaurant, GaGa, in Partick on Dumbarton Road in 2021.[7] Shortly after featuring in an episode of The Hairy Bikers Go Local on BBC Two, Julie's Kopitiam closed in 2023.[8] That year, Lin began making recurring appearances on the BBC One programme Saturday Kitchen.[9]

Announced in 2024, Ebury Press acquired the rights to publish Lin's debut cookbook Sama Sama: Comfort Food from My Mixed Malaysian Kitchen in May 2025.[10] In summer 2025, Lin stepped down from her position as head chef and director of GaGa.[11]

Personal life

Lin moved to London in 2024.[11]

Bibliography

  • Sama Sama: Comfort Food from My Mixed Malaysian Kitchen (2025)

Accolades

In 2022, Lin was a finalist for Ayala SquareMeal Female Chef of the Year.[12] In 2023, she was named One to Watch by Great British Chefs.[4]

Lin won Food Influencer of the Year at the 2024 Golden Chopsticks Awards.[13] After inspection in November 2024, GaGa was awarded the Michelin Bib Gourmand in February 2025.[14]

References

  1. ^ Taylor, Lauren (11 May 2025). "Julie Lin Malay inpsired reciped from her Sama Sama cookbook". Great British Life. Archived from the original on 14 May 2025. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  2. ^ Silvers, Isabella (7 May 2025). "Julie Lin: "You are valid by being who you are"". Mixed Messages. Archived from the original on 13 May 2025. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  3. ^ Marten, Emily; Goldsmith, Samuel (8 October 2024). "Julie Lin on 10 years since her 'MasterChef' debut and being a female chef in the industry". BBC Good Food. Archived from the original on 25 April 2025. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  4. ^ a b c Fitchett, Lauren (13 January 2023). "Ones to watch: Julie Lin". Great British Chefs. Archived from the original on 29 April 2025. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  5. ^ Burns, Cheri (31 October 2016). "From Malaysia to the streets of Glasgow: Chef gears up to showcase Asian food on new cookery show". Daily Record. Archived from the original on 8 January 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  6. ^ Blythman, Joanna (20 January 2018). "'Julie's auntie would surely cluck with pride': Joanna Blythman reviews Julie's Kopitiam, Glasgow". The Herald. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  7. ^ Erskine, Rosalind (24 September 2021). "Glasgow business owners behind the Thornwood and Julie's Kopitiam to open Ga Ga restaurant". The Scotsman. Archived from the original on 25 August 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  8. ^ Trainer, Paul (9 January 2023). "Talk of the Town: Julie's Kopitiam to close". Glasgowist. Archived from the original on 18 January 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  9. ^ Trainer, Paul (11 March 2023). "Glasgow chef Julie Lin makes Saturday Kitchen debut this morning". Glasgow World. Archived from the original on 18 January 2025. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  10. ^ Spanoudi, Melina (29 July 2024). "Ebury Press scoops Malaysian-Scottish chef Julie Lin's Sama Sama". The Bookseller. Archived from the original on 29 July 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  11. ^ a b Erskine, Rosalind (3 June 2025). "Scottish chef 'steps back' from restaurant amid first cookbook success and London move". The Scotsman. Archived from the original on 28 December 2025. Retrieved 30 November 2025.(subscription required)
  12. ^ "The Ayala SquareMeal Best Female Chefs Series 2022: Julie Lin". SquareMeal. 1 September 2022. Archived from the original on 21 March 2025. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  13. ^ "Golden Chopsticks Awards winners announced". Dine Out. 14 May 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  14. ^ Myles, Amy (11 February 2025). "Two new Glasgow restaurants receive Michelin award". Glasgow Times. Archived from the original on 25 July 2025. Retrieved 19 May 2025.

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