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Tracey Macleod
Transform food and culture events with Tracey MacLeod, speaker, broadcaster and restaurant critic. Tracey works with cultural organisations to deliver engaging interviews and culinary expertise, bringing award-winning food journalism and BBC presenting experience to prestigious events.
Tracey MacLeod is a broadcaster and writer. She presented the BBC's arts show The Late Show, focusing on music topics.
Tracey has hosted programmes on various radio stations, including BBC 6 Music, LBC, GLR, and BBC Radio 2. She continues to voice television documentaries and led a team on two series of Radio 4's music quiz All The Way From Memphis.
As the restaurant critic for The Independent for over a decade, she has established her expertise in food and restaurants, receiving three nominations for the Glenfiddich Awards and winning in 2002.
Tracey has served as a judge on the BBC 2 series Kitchen Criminals and frequently appears as a guest judge on MasterChef.
She hosts cultural events, conducting interviews with figures such as Richard Curtis and Nick Hornby. Additionally, she has hosted the Prudential Awards and presented the TV coverage of the Mercury Music Prize and the Booker Prize.
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To book Tracey Macleod, email tracey.macleod@getapeptalk.com or call PepTalk on +44 20 3835 2929 (UK) or +1 737 888 5112 (US), and one of our speaker agents will contact you within hours to confirm Tracey's availability and speaking fee. If you can, please include your budget upfront – it helps us fast-track your request. It’s also helpful to know the date, format (virtual or in-person), location, and about your audience.
Tracey Macleod draws on her experience as a broadcaster and critic to conduct structured interviews and host cultural events, engaging directly with figures from the arts, food, and literary sectors.
Tracey Macleod's sessions span food and restaurants, arts and culture, and music. She served as restaurant critic for The Independent for over a decade, receiving three Glenfiddich Award nominations and winning in 2002, and presented BBC arts show The Late Show.
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The typical fee range is the speaker's standard in-person fee in their home market, shown in their local currency. It moves with format, location, date and session length: virtual sessions and shorter slots usually cost less, while international travel and peak dates cost more. Send your brief to PepTalk and the team will confirm the exact fee in your currency.
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Three to six months ahead is comfortable for most events, and 12 months is better for large conferences, peak-season dates or one specific in-demand speaker. Shorter timelines are workable, and PepTalk regularly fills last-minute and replacement bookings within days. Availability is the constraint, so get in touch as soon as you have a date.
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