Meredith Hayden, known as Wishbone Kitchen, became a sought-after Hamptons chef after shifting from a marketing career to culinary training. She studied at the Institute of Culinary Education in 2019 and later worked as a live-in private chef for designer Joseph Altuzarra. In 2020, she launched her TikTok account and posted videos from her daily life in the Hamptons, including garden ingredient shopping and cooking for summer dinner parties. Her content earned comparisons to Ina Garten and Martha Stewart, which she views as both an honor and pressure. She has grown a large social following across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and a cookbook, with another cookbook in development. She also partnered with Barilla to promote its Al Bronzo bronze-cut pastas, including the new Radiatori shape.
"Soon after graduating, she landed a role as the live-in private chef for designer Joseph Altuzarra, leading her to launch her @WishboneKitchen TikTok in 2020. She began sharing videos detailing her daily life working at Altuzarra's summer home in the Hamptons. The vlogs, which featured Hayden picking fresh ingredients from the garden and cooking meals for summer dinner parties, quickly earned her comparisons to culinary icons Garten and Martha Stewart - compliments that the chef and social media star doesn't take lightly."
""It's an honor to be compared to them. It also feels like a lot of pressure," Hayden says. "They're both such inspirations to me and to my career." Hayden's mouthwatering meals, the quaint charm of Hamptons summer living, and her celebrity clients were a recipe for social media success. Today she boasts 2.3 million followers on TikTok, 1.4 million on Instagram, a long-form YouTube series, Dinner With Friends, and a cookbook, with another in the works."
""the corporate life was not made for my brain." So in 2019, she made a major pivot and enrolled at the Institute of Culinary Education."
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