Meredith Hayden
The chef behind Wishbone Kitchen shares seasonal recipes, dinner-party ideas and life in the Hamptons through videos, a bestselling cookbook and a Netflix series.
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Wishbone KitchenOverview
- Also known as
- Wishbone Kitchen
- Work
- Chef, recipe developer, cookbook author and video creator
- Education
- Clemson University; Institute of Culinary Education, Culinary Arts, 2019
- Breakout
- 2022: day-in-the-life videos about working as a private chef in the Hamptons
- Based around
- New York City and the Hamptons
Mini bio
How it started.
Meredith first pursued fashion, working in ad sales and marketing at Condé Nast while taking evening culinary classes. They also cooked in a restaurant on weekends. Their first private-chef clients came in December 2019, and the work became full time after they were furloughed and later laid off in 2020.
The videos that opened the door.
Wishbone Kitchen’s social accounts began as a way to advertise private-chef services. In 2022, videos of grocery shopping, cooking and everyday work in the Hamptons found a much bigger audience. Fans could follow the whole day, including the less glamorous work behind a finished meal.
A table of their own.
The work grew into recipes, The Group Chat newsletter and the YouTube cooking series Dinner with Friends. Their 2025 debut cookbook became a New York Times bestseller. In 2026, Wishbone Kitchen expanded to Netflix with cooking and homemaking at the Barn in the Hamptons.
Creditschronological, newest first
Books
Cooking and video
- 2026Wishbone KitchenHost, Netflix video podcast
- 2026Home Chef x Wishbone KitchenRecipe collaborator
- 2024Dinner with FriendsCreator and host, YouTube cooking series
- 2023Swamp Soup (Green Garlic & Ginger Chicken and Rice Soup)Recipe creator
Awards
Quotes
Cooking is my love languageMeredith Hayden, Wishbone Kitchen
From the introduction on their official website: https://wishbonekitchen.com/
Trivia
- Before food became their full-time work, Meredith balanced a Vogue office job with evening culinary school.
- Childhood summers on Nantucket helped inspire the cookbook’s seasonal approach.
- Swamp Soup began as their go-to sick-day soup, but they kept craving it after cold season.
- Dinner with Friends has featured guests including Joe Jonas and Ed Sheeran.
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