Bailey Ruskus
Bailey Ruskus, known as Chef Bai, is a San Diego plant-based chef, cookbook author and recipe creator sharing vegan comfort food and practical meal prep.
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SubstackOverview
- Also known as
- Chef Bai
- Based in
- San Diego, California
- Training
- Le Cordon Bleu, San Francisco
- Known for
- Vegan comfort food, dairy-free recipes and meal prep
Mini bio
How it started.
Bailey trained at Le Cordon Bleu in San Francisco and built a private-chef business before taking it fully vegan. In her Vegan Business Talk interview, she described the turning point while gutting a fish and remembering an animal activist’s talk. She also spoke about losing clients after the switch.
Finding her audience.
When the pandemic disrupted her business, a pivot helped lead to a book deal, as she recounted on Vegan Business Talk. Her first cookbook, Cook. Heal. Go Vegan!, followed in 2021. She now shares recipes and meal-prep series through Chef Bai’s Cooking Club, alongside her cookbooks.
Food and her own story.
Bailey says living with endometriosis helped motivate her move toward plant-based eating. Her work brings that personal experience together with culinary training, vegan comfort food and conversations about women’s health. She runs the business with her husband, Steve, in San Diego.
Creditschronological, newest first
Cookbooks
- 2025Breaking Up with DairyAuthor; foreword by Carleigh Bodrug
- 2021Cook. Heal. Go Vegan!Author
Collaborations
- 2025Workweek Vegan Meal Prep Episode 10Co-creator with Vegan Scratch Kitchen
Quotes
Think one protein, one dressing, and something for breakfast.Bailey Ruskus, Chef Bai’s Cooking Club
Explaining the simple format of her Do Less meal-prep series in November 2026.
Trivia
- Her two rescue dogs are named Coconut and Piña.
- Her husband, Steve, handles business operations while Bailey leads recipe development and content creation.
- She says her dad, a New Yorker, taught her to be generous with cream cheese on a bagel.
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