Why Wishbone Kitchen TikToker Meredith Hayden Is "Stepping Away" From Being a Private Chef

Meredith Hayden is saying "yes chef" to a new opportunity.

The Wishbone Kitchen TikToker is wrapping up her time in the Hamptons as a private chef—but for good reason.

"I am temporarily stepping away from private chef work BUT that is because I am officially writing my debut cookbook!!!!" the 27-year-old, who has 2 million followers, announced on TikTok Sept. 1. "I'll still be postings lots of content as I take you along with me during this next chapter of life but figured I should fill you in. Love you all thank you for making my dreams come true."

Eying a 2025 release date for her book, she said she needs to meet "some pretty intense deadlines" to make it happen.

"I'm a very hands-on person like I can't just hand this off to somebody and not be super involved in every single recipe that gets put in the book because you can put a recipe book out and literally not make any of the recipes, did you know that?" she said. "I did not know that."

That means that for the time being, she'll be whipping it up in the kitchen—all by herself, too.

"I am very determined on writing and making every recipe that goes into this book, so I need to write over 100 recipes in the next four months," Meredith added. "For context, writing one recipe a week is hard. I'm now going to have to write like five."

Meredith filmed her last day as a Hamptons private chef on Aug. 31, ending her summer stint by cooking a salmon meal and a peach dessert.

"I'm not crying YOU'RE CRYING," she wrote at the time of her bittersweet departure, "but I'm so excited for this next chapter love you all sm."