^^I don’t remember, are you in America? Parts of the world that customarily have maids, especially live in maids, would never have the master near the kitchen.
In America I see it both ways probably 50/50 in my experience. I actually prefer being close to the kitchen and laundry. If the laundry has a connection into my master bath or master closet, even better, but my husband prefers not to be anywhere near the noise of the kitchen and laundry. He also grew up in a country that would never have the master near the kitchen, but the one house we built from scratch we had the master on the kitchen side, but it was separated by a large pantry and secondary bathroom, and the hall that led to the master had a pocket door so I could close the pocket door and bedroom door to block sound. The pocket door kind of create a wing to the house, but it sounds grander than it was. That hallways was probably 7 feet between the pocket door and bedroom door.
I realize now his parents house in MX the master was up the stairs and the farthest room from the stairs. In all my two story homes the master was first on the landing upstairs, and the stairs always were near the kitchen.