Cook Like—Wishbone Kitchen’s Meredith Hayden - Forbes Vetted

ByMonica Petrucci

ByMonica Petrucci,

Forbes Staff.

Cook Like is a column in which Forbes Vetted asks some of the food space’s most notable personalities about the kitchen items they reach for the most. Whether you’re hosting a gourmet dinner party or trying a new recipe for dinner, look no further for ideas and inspiration.

When Meredith Hayden posted her first “day in my life as a private chef” vlog, she was in debt, struggling to pay rent and working hard to get her business off the ground. “I was just throwing anything out there to see what would work,” she says, after previous food-focused videos flopped. That series would eventually earn her millions of followers on TikTok, exploding the Wishbone Kitchen brand that would turn her into a Forbes’ 30 Under 30 alum and New York Times best-selling author.