After over a decade with the company, Jason McLeod has left his position as corporate executive chef of San Diego's Consortium Holdings hospitality group (Ironside Fish & Oyster, Morning Glory).
In 2011, British Columbia-born Jason McLeod joined the team at San Diego-based Consortium Holdings (CH Projects), which at the time only had a handful of bars and restaurants with its crown achievement being Craft & Commerce in Little Italy. In the position of culinary director of the company, Chef Jason took the group from a hipster collective of style-over-substance, cocktail-forward establishments to a group known for its refined culinary output. Prior to joining CH, McLeod was the Executive Chef at Ria at The Elysian Hotel in Chicago, which was awarded two Michelin stars in November 2010 under his leadership.
Inspired by his upbringing near Canada's oyster mecca of Fanny Bay, Jason McLeod opened Little Italy seafood house Ironside Fish & Oyster in early 2014, reportedly his first restaurant in partnership with CH. He went on to open many other projects with the company, including bi-level steakhouse Born & Raised, brunch-centered Morning Glory, Chinese restaurant Fortunate Son, industry-focused East Village sandwich shop and Negroni bar J & Tony's Discount Cured Meats and Negroni Warehouse, the 14,000 square-foot Uncle Italian bar & restaurant on the University of California San Diego campus, and Seneca Italian trattoria on the 19th floor of the InterContinental Hotel in San Diego's downtown marina district.
