Busy, Yet Pretty - Your Dream Life In Beverly Hills With A Celebrity Private Chef

Episode Date: May 1, 2023

Have you ever wondered what having your own private chef would be like? We all definitely have... In this episode your host, Jadyn Hailey dives into the behind the scenes to the life of a Celebrity Private Chef In Beverly Hills with guest, Chef Bae (Brooke Baevsky). From healthy dishes, to $32,000 Erewhon Hauls, to becoming a Celebrity Private Chef to many actors, models, athletes, royals and more, Chef Bae shares her experience working her way up from a toxic work environment to becoming a Celebrity Private Chef and launching her own collaboration at Erewhon in Beverly Hills. Tune into this episode for one of the most interesting day in the lives... You'll want a private chef after this! Favorite wellness essential in my routine LMNT Go to clean, cruelty free and favorite beauty products at the moment Thrive Causemetics Find more balance with BetterHelp Jadyn's Social Media platforms: - Busy, Yet Pretty Groupchat    - Instagram: Jadyn's Instagram & Busy, Yet Pretty Instagram   - Youtube: Jadyn's Youtube   - Tiktok: Jadyn's Tiktok   - My Amazon Storefront: Jadyn's Amazon   - Shop my Closet on Motom: Jadyn's Closet Favs   - Lemon8: Lemon   Guest: Chef Bae Instagram Chef Bae Tiktok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Hello, my dolls. Welcome to the Busy Yet Pretty Podcast. I'm your host, Jane Haley. This episode is so unbelievably fun because today you guys are going to hear all about the life of a celebrity private chef. We're talking $3,500 airworn halls, the power of relationships and networking, and how to build your own career based off of a mission you have in a purpose. I absolutely loved recording this episode. I am very excited for you guys to tune in. So without further ado, let's get into the episode of a celebrity. Private Chef in Beverly Hills. Hello, my dolls. Welcome to the Busy Yet Pretty Podcast. I'm here with my lovely guest, Chef Bay. And I am just so excited for today's episode. So, Chef Bay, why don't you give a little introduction on yourself and how you've become Chef Bay?

Perfect. Thank you for having me. Of course. It's so fun to be here. You're lovely. Oh. So I am Chef Bay, also known as Brooke Bayevsky. I am currently a Celebrity Private Chef in L.A.

I have about 40 clients that I rotate between, between New York and Los Angeles, between athletes, royals, supermodels, actors, artists. So every day is really fun. I do brand events and then private chefing for my lovely rotation of clients. And really how I got into the food world was not traditional. Most people, when you become a chef, you go to high school, you go to culinary school, you work your way up in a restaurant, washing dishes to becoming a chef. And for me, I just said, you know, food is my creative outlet. I never really want to make the same thing twice. And I don't

want to work in a restaurant or hotel. And my family is like, what are you going to do with yourself? I love how you said it's your creative outlet because like that's a true thing. It all comes from passion ultimately. So when did you begin your career as a celebrity private chef? I really started in the corporate product development world. And my background is in nutrition, holistic health, food science, and business. So all of this kind of culminated into becoming a celebrity private chef and having my own private chefing business. But really, it started with just being fed up with the corporate product development world. It's profit over everything. You don't have a say in where ingredients come from, quality of ingredients and what truly goes into the products that you make. And I really

wanted to have complete control over the food that I'm cooking and the ingredients that I'm putting into my customers are my client's bodies. And after studying holistic nutrition in culinary school, after undergrad, I just started taking private clients and fell in love with just working with individual clients and making a huge difference and impact in their life. I love that. I love that. So I love how it's like there's such a drive behind the passion. And I was expecting it to be like, were you kind of like born with this passion and like as a kid always cooking? But it kind of sounds like it was more of like you're trying to solve a solution to. Yeah, I think the more you know about our food system, the scarier it is, and the more things you want to avoid and the more things

you want to change. Definitely. And especially working with the caliber of client that I have, one, I mean, when budget isn't an option, isn't an issue, that's one thing. But two, their entire lives, to be blunt is to look hot and fit, whether it's to train for a role on the field or to look great on a dress in the red carpet, to train for a movie and look a certain way. These people, my clients, are corporations and themselves. So, and really how you look and how you feel is 70% food. Definitely. There's a huge pressure on that and a huge priority to eat a certain way. Definitely. Do you tend to find, like, specific diets different in each type of, like, category of clients you have sports or models and all different things. I'm sure you do, but. Definitely. I think it all looks

very glamorous on social media. I'll go in and just cook eggs and go to the dairy fridge and and do this. It's a dream. Your Instagram looks like a dream, though. I will scroll through it. I'm like, I'm literally hungry right now, so I have to go eat. Thank you. But no, it's absolutely beautiful.

It's definitely a hustle. And there's a lot of science and training and schooling and degrees that go into being able to do what I do. It's not really just going in and cooking whatever I want. But I have clients where I work with trainers and nutritionists to really come up with an exact curated meal plan. So that could be every macro, every meal. gram of sodium going into these clients' bodies. Every gram of protein is calculated into a custom

meal plan. And often I do that. But what people get on TikTok is like la-di-da, you know, making some great recipes. I'm like, there is way more to this. No, I'm just going to say, like, I'm just watching it on your TikTok and your Instagram. Like, this is beautiful. But I just know there's so much more that we're not saying. Like lots of like calculated things, like moves you have to do, like for the meal plans and everything. So that was very interesting. But I want to know what's a typical day in your life as a celebrity private chef in Beverly Hills because it seriously looks glamorous. I know there's probably lots of ups and downs, but like what's the typical day in the life? If I was a private chef to one person, it would be more predictable, but I have 40 clients,

about 32 of them in L.A. alone. So every single day is really different. So some clients, I'll go in and I'll do a bridal shower for my client and her friends, or I'll go in and do a full day. of private chefing with meal prep. So every day is always different. I'll do dinner parties one day. I'll cook for a movie set another day and have a driver drive it over. So it's always really fun and it keeps it interesting because I'm always making new and different things. So it keeps my job fun. But that's really where the creativity comes from. I love that. I love it. And just really being challenged with dietary needs and restrictions, which is very much my schick and how I cook, I cater to that. So gluten-free and dairy-free, soy-free, or fine-sugar-free,

allergic to tap water. I've heard it all. Oh, my gosh. She's like, I've been there. But my average day of just going in in private chefing, which is what I show a lot on TikTok, is I go in for the full day, I'll do my massive Airwan haul and I'll film that. I love it. I charge by the day because, honestly, not that I've ever had anything less than amazing relationships with my clients, but I never want them thinking that me TikToking or filming content would take away from my job. Kind of separate the halls and everything kind of, or is that actually the halls have to do with the halls have to do with actually shopping for those clients?

I doubt you're shopping all for yourself. Is that like one individual client or is it kind of spread out for just kind of all the clients you need for that week or something? That would be a one individual client hall. But I always say, you know, whether it takes me five hours that day or 15 to do my all of your meal prep for the week and everything I promise, I'll get it done. That's actually really smart. So it kind of allows you to do both sides.

of the little TikToks and stuff because I am a fan of your Air One Halls, and we'll talk about that soon. But that is actually really smart how you do that. And I love that. So how far in advance do you meal preps for your clients? Again, like I know we kind of talked about this, but like every diet is different. And like, for instance, I am not full gluten-free, but I tend to go gluten-free, dairy-free, and refined sugar-free.

And it just makes me feel so much better. So that is obviously a lot different than my friend's diets or my parents' diets. So like I have to spend more time catering to my own diet, just like how someone else has to. So for instance, how long do you have to mostly meal prep ahead of time? Or do you like write things out? Are these like special requests or you have full creativity? I would say when I first onboard a client, there's a couple of weeks or a couple of times where I go over there where it's really about building that trust. They're not just your clients. You're in their homes. You're around their family. Mom is without a bra getting their kids lunches together in the morning, you're very much there. You're not seeing them in their

glamorous red carpet looks or seeing them an actual real day-to-day life. And you're in their house. You're in their kitchen. You almost become part of their family. So really, when you onboard a client, it's about building that trusting relationship. And also, you want to wow. They don't know how I cook. They've never tried my food. So it's a lot of back and forth with my team. I have an assistant who makes sure that the menu is exactly what they like. It caters to all their dietary needs and restrictions. It maybe will emulate some dishes that they love at their favorite restaurant. They've had in Dubai, whatever it may be, it really wow. And then once I build that trust and the clients really know what I can do, they love the food that I cook, then it just becomes like,

hey, are you free this Monday? I'm thinking Japanese. Okay. Then you kind of know, based on what you like, I'm thinking X, Y, Z and they're like, sounds good. Oh, wow. Okay. So you kind of, of course, you cater to their nutritional needs. And then you see what they like. Like, you have a little menu almost for them and they kind of approve it. And is that kind of how it works? And it can be at the beginning, I have this whole menu that's sent over to them for approval. But after cooking for someone for a few times, you know everything they like and you build a really good relationship with them. So they'll say they like everything. And then you quickly learn mushrooms are mushy. They don't like blue cheese. Solentra tastes like soap. They don't like salt. You get the preferences that.

And regarding the meal prep, for instance, I know how you kind of explain how that all works. But is what you typically do more like planned out in like a week of meals or like a day of meals or is it kind of just like really depends? Yeah. So I really, that's why I charge by the day because at the end of the day it's it's my time and the amount of effort to cook, you know, one serving versus five serving. Totally. I'm already there. I've already done the grocery shopping. The typical day would be I cook lunch and dinner for the client or the client in the family. Yeah.

Plus leftovers for meal prep for the week. And then I do four to five items of meal prep that they can. eat throughout the week for the next few days. So it could be three veggies, a dessert, and a breakfast. It can be three proteins and two veg. It can be five desserts, whatever they want. But I'll know the food that can be in, you know, throughout the week. If there's something, it's like a summer roll, maybe I'll say eat these on Tuesday and then like a stew they could have on Thursday. Really just adjusting, like, how the schedule works and everything, because I'm sure like a lot of your clients are busy. So, I mean, anytime I've done little like meal preps, like they've always come in

handy. So it's, it's like the perfect, like, assist, like to have that, you know. It's always stuff that's taken to go because they'll have a last minute interview. They'll have to be on set. They'll be training. Their driver will need to know how to heat something up. So it's always easy and in perfect containers. And I leave a meal prep fridge goals when I leave. I love it. I love it. No, I've seen your photos. I'm like, it looks beautiful. This show is sponsored by BetterHelp. I spend a lot of time working, as you guys know, and it can leave me feeling just so worn out, answering tons of emails. And then of course, I want to show people who I love the most in my life that I'm caring and thinking about them. So I'm always sending

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Jennifer Aniston. She's listening. Oh my God. She liked my Instagram the other day and I died. I mean, I'm not someone that ever really get starstruck. I work with tons of celebrities and very influential people, but she is someone I truly, truly admire. I grew up watching friends. And then she liked my hysterical video that I did with two comedians, men in Matthews and Vincent Marcus on the Airwant Smoothie.

Yes, yes, I saw that and I was laughing. That made my week that she liked it. But I would love to cook for her. And what I would make for her would be, I think I can one up the salad that. went viral that Jennifer Aniston's salad sheet on the set of friends. I don't even think it was the salad she ate on the set of friends, but I can one up that. I can make her a great sign. You're like, I can make her that times 10 probably. So because I was looking at that and then I heard different things. That's not the right one. So you would just make her that salad just the best version of it.

Yeah, I think it can one up it times 100. So if she's listening, I will cook for you for first. I will do it. I love that. So I know you partnered with many companies. You just did one with Alfalfa, I think that's the brand. It was the all things glitter, Caesar salad. What did you do for the pink? It was a natural mica mineral. Oh, amazing. And the pink dye was from pomegranate.

Oh, my, I love that because I'm like, I'm sure you're not adding that red 40 in there. No, no, no way. Let's get rid of that. It was a new and approved pink sauce. Okay. That was trendy. But no, this was a plant-based cashew dressing with apple cider vinegar and lemon and it tastes like a Caesar salad.

I was getting FOMO, not being at Coachella for the salad because I'm like, That looked so good. Salads are truly one of my favorite types of food because you can dress it up to your own way of liking it. And there's so many different ways to like dress up a salad. I love a plan B Caesar. So that's why I had to do something that's so good that everyone can eat. So it was gluten free. It was dairy free. But it was still approachable. Everyone loves Caesar salad. But I love a good or a good chopped hearty salad with tons of grilled veggies in it. Oh, so amazing. But yeah, the salad. It won top 10 best Coachella eats. Really? through taste made. So I was really proud of the salad. That is amazing. Congratulations. Because I was watching TikTok. I know we all saw all the videos coming up. And I kept saying how everyone was complaining about how the burritos were like $40 or like something out extraordinary expensive. Did you get to enjoy Coachella while you were there? I did. And I, Bad Bunny is actually, I've cooked for him. He's tried the salad. And then his drummer came back for a second salad.

Was it at Coachella, right? This is at Coachella. So I saw Bad Bunny. A bunch of performers came and tried the salad. I'm sure they all loved it. And I'm sure they all loved it. Well, that is so cool because I know everyone definitely loved it. And I was having FOMO because I really wanted to try it. So what has been your best partnered company that you've worked with? Airwan was really fun.

Yeah. That was so, because it's the first food collab ever for Airwant. People have done smoothies because I did two items. The grain-free chocolate chip crack cookie and then a cupcake. It's always really great to work with companies that are truly inspiring and doing great work. That's amazing. That's amazing. So what's like the creative process? Look from like start to finish. The collab came about. I honestly don't think they realized my, for lack of better word, having my shit together, making this collab happen. I had a meeting with one of the owners of Airwant and the head of marketing at the time.

And I brought them some of my product. And they were like, it's 9.30 a.m. We just had breakfast. And I'm like, here are cupcakes. Here are cookies. Like try it. Try it. And then they ended up eating all of them. And they were like, this is, the owner's wife ended up saying this is the best cupcake I've ever had in my life. Oh my gosh, that's amazing. And the product spoke for itself. And I walked into the store. And he was like, well, you know, what if we did a food collab, no promises? And we kind of left it at that. And then I came to them with a packet of here are costs. Here is the inventory planning. Here are the ingredients we would need. Here are the sponsorships you would get. Here's how much money you would make. Here is my labor that I would give. Here's what the packaging would look like. Every single detail. Here's the date. Here's the time. Here's how many people we would expect to a point where I was like, I was like sit back. And I have everything. That's amazing because honestly, for like business terms and stuff, when you go to someone with a pitch and the actual proposal, if you have everything laid out completely there, they're

more willing to want to move forward with it because like look what you said. Like you really had passion and you put time into it. They made $40,000 in 72 hours. That is absolutely amazing. So I made them an offer. They could not say no to, but it was really proof of concept. I was like, okay, maybe I can do my own dessert one. Wow.

That is amazing. And I will be your first customer. The support was incredible. There was a line for four hours at opening. That is amazing. Was this gluten-free, dairy-free? Or was this just like a regular? Gluten-free, dairy-free.

Just making it feel indulgent and delicious and satisfying with everything I make. But just it happens to be something that everyone can enjoy. One thing I do give Airwant is ingredient standards. They will turn down a lot of companies for not having organic product and using seed oils. So I appreciate that. while they are pricey and you know you poke I poke fun at this with the parody recipe content videos that are so

expensive. I also really quick want to know what is your favorite sugar alternative refined sugar alternative? I don't cut it completely out but I do feel better when I eat refined sugar freeze. My go-toes are like maple syrup. I want to know what do you like? I love honey maple syrup

would be too because there's just so many minerals and nutrients and vitamins in maple syrup which I love. Non-refined sugars in general just don't spike your blood sugar, like a white sugar would. And white sugar is a straight up sugar. It's just like eating white bread. It has all the nutrients bleached out of it. Exactly. And then for zero calorie sweeteners, I always stay away from the chemical ones, like sucralose, aspartame. Do you like monk fruit? What are your thoughts on that? I like monk fruit. I like stevia.

And I think when used in the right applications, you don't get that after flavor. It's hard to kind I figure out what kind of works, but it's like trial and error. Yeah, I think stevia and monk fruit, they come from natural plant and fruit sources. So that's great. I mean, I actually grow my own stevia leaves. Really? People really don't even know what it comes from, but if you eat the leaf of the stevia plant, it tastes like sugar. Really? So it really is a natural. Is this a big plant or like a house one? Like a little house one. Because I'm going to get that. So you can grow your own stevia, which is really fun. You can put it in tea. Oh my gosh. I can blend it into smoothies. I love that. I'm going to be doing that. That's amazing.

Yeah, so that's really fun. Totally. I want to know because we're both Air One fanatics, as we know, and we always talk about. But what is your hot bar order and what is your Tonic Bar order? Like, just give me a general. If you were going to Air One right now to pick up some food, what would you be getting at the hot bar and tonic bar? So controversial opinion, but I have never purchased. I've only purchased one Air One smoothie in my entire life.

It was actually for content. Truly, I'm like smoothies. I can make it home. and a lot of these crazy ingredients, and there's three bananas in them, and they're very high in sugar. So controversial opinion, I am not a smoothie, Airwant fanatic. Okay. Can I be honest? I thought I was alone. I've only had, I think, three smoothies from their total. And I tried, like, two collabs on, and one other one, don't get me wrong, they were amazing. But I definitely feel like the ingredients, I'm able to use the same ingredients

at home. Well, you can control what goes into it. I mean, you can make any smoothie sound and taste delicious when there's a ton of coconut cream and three bananas in the smoothie. Totally. But I love really building up smoothies myself with frozen collie rice and frozen spinach to add fiber with less sugar and body into a smoothie myself. I do the cauliflower for ice cubes. Yeah. Yeah, that's amazing. So I love, yeah, I love making my own smoothies. But my hot bar order, oh, that is, oh my God, I love that. I know. So good. The eggplant lasagna with the almond ricotta. I've not tried that. The mad wrap with the. I've not tried. the Mad Rat. Oh, it's so good. Turkey and the avocado white bean salad in it. That's one of my favorites.

In a collared green. Oh, really good. I'm addicted. I was obsessed with, I forgot what it's called, but the colored green like salmon. I was eating it all the time. It is so good. All their things are amazing. And also, I'm never a mac and cheese person. I did try it the other day. And now every single time I go, I've been getting it. It's so good. In L.A. we're so spoiled. We are. Coffee shop doesn't have organic unsweetened hemp milk. Like, What? Like what? A little off topic.

But I want to know, because of listeners, I know a lot of people were asking, they have stomach issues or something. Everyone's different. But what are some things, for instance, like dairy or gluten? Do you have certain, like, supplements? Or do you just really watch kind of what you eat most of all? I watch what I eat. I would say quality ingredients, ingredients you can pronounce.

I always say my quote as a chef is quality ingredients, recipes with integrity and a drizzle of tahini is me. I love that. Very health forward, Mediterranean, really clean veggies first. tons of water. You add minerals to your water? I do the trace minerals. This is bottle of minerals marijuana.

I can't remember the exact brand, but I use the Aquitru water filter, and it's incredible. Wow. Water in L.A. is not great. It is not. It is not. I was looking in the cup at what I was drinking, and I'm like, oh, God. No, I need to try that out. I'm definitely going to get that soon.

I need to know what is your most expensive grocery store order that you've had? Because I did see you spend. I think it was 3.5K at Airwant. There was one month. I spent $32,000 at Airwahn. Oh my goodness. Yeah. I actually made this claim and then Airwan told me they're like, we looked at your statement and we did not see that. And I was like, I have 35 clients in L.A. Across all of their accounts. Most of the points I can keep, maybe 50%. But I was like, look at this person, this person, this person. And they're like, okay. I'm not lying. I spend a tremendous amount of money in Airwant. I need the Airwan credit card. Oh, if that exists. Yeah. You do. I would have.

the funest time spending that much for just me. So it kind of all depends on each month, right? Every visit, how much you spend. Yeah. Sometimes, you know, you have royals coming in and you're, it's a 24-7 job, put on a project for a few weeks, and every single thing they want to try and eat is from Airwine. And, you know, they want five different entrees with every meal. And they want these beautifully stocked fridges for dairy and a vegan fridge and a bougie drink. And, you know, they want five different entree. fridge and you truly spend a ton of money at the store. But it's fun. Do you like Bristol Farms? I do. I like a lot of their proteins too. Their fish, their sashimi is incredible. I do like Ristel. Farmers markets. In California, we're so spoiled with farmers markets. And when you really know

what to buy from which vendor, they can actually be very affordable. Definitely, definitely. I just went to the Santa Monica one the other day and it was just so nice. It's so pretty. And I got the best sourdough there. Oh, it's okay. Everything is amazing. Everything is absolutely amazing. I have found myself getting such bad fatigue the past few months and something that's helped me so much is electrolytes, which is where I started incorporating Element into my daily routine. Element is a tasty electrolyte drink mix with everything you need and nothing you don't. Electrolite deficiencies or imbalances can cause symptoms such as headaches, cramps, fatigue, and weakness. What I love is that element does not contain any sugar, artificial ingredients, coloring, anything that is unhealthy and unnecessary. I use it. Moms can use it.

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from social media to being a private celebrity chef from just your personal life, like how do you balance it all? It's something I'm always trying to get better at. A work life balance is always really hard for me when you're any, any entrepreneur can say this. But you quickly become a workaholic because your success is truly only dependent on yourself. There'll always be a million things to do and things to get done. But something I'm really working on is, you know, putting more time for me, prioritizing sleep and truly taking time off because that's how I can be my best self. Definitely.

I love how you said that because honestly, I've been talking a lot about this on the podcast where recharging, you can get more by doing less. Because if you just wear yourself out and become burnt out, you start to lose passion also about certain things. So if you want to upkeep your passion and really provide to like your own interest and hobbies and your beautiful job and stuff, it's like you need to prioritize self-care and self-love and honestly just taking time away from certain things so you can like refuel and recharge. Give me some pieces of advice that you want to share to the listeners about work, whether it's about social life, whether it's about personal life or just any advice. that you're called to share, what is some things that you have to say? Really as cheesy as it sounds, hard work pays off really hustling. And when you're passionate about something, success will come. But this fake side of social media that makes things look glamorous and easy and effortless and don't really

show that true hustle and grind and work that needs to go into building a brand and a company and the sacrifices that come with that. If you're truly passionate about something and you're willing to grind and work hard and sacrifice. I mean, everything from social life to dating life. Everything is possible. And L.A. is a land of opportunity, but really networking, putting yourself out there. And people at the end of the day are willing to lend a hand and help. Odds are people have had people to help them in their past and building mentors and asking people for advice is something that everyone should do. Definitely. And I love how you were talking about how people have been helped before because it's all of our first times on earth. Like we are literally all learning as we go. You also can't

have an ego that you know everything because nobody knows everything. You always have things to learn. And you also don't look dumb when asking questions. Like a lot of the listeners are wondering how they could put themselves out there more and like become more closer to their future and their career. And honestly, putting yourself out there and networking has been one of the best. things that's helped my career. Like, I was 17 going to these events with like 25 to like 40 year olds at these events. And I'm just like shaking every like 50-something year old man's hand to see. Because you never know who has an opportunity and you never know who's going to be your business partner. And also some people are genuinely here to give you a guide and stuff. Of course, there's the downfalls

of people who don't have the best interest. But I think it's really good to put yourself out there. Definitely. You never, I mean, L.A. The world is a small place. L.A. is a small place. L. L. L. tiny and especially here being nice to everybody. You never know what their story is, anything, anyone in life, but everyone knows everybody. It is a very small world. L.A. is even smaller. Everyone knows everyone who knows everybody. So introducing yourself, making connections, putting yourself out there, truly building a relationship before even work is on your mind. But just, you know, if you have a good connection to someone, reach out to them, get their information, follow up on Instagram, stay connected to people because honestly, even when I moved

out to L.A. to build my brand, I had a business partner and I, and we would put on these ticketed dinners at cost. Ever $80, I would do these five-course dinners with open bar, and I would just say, post me on social media. And these are people from Eventbrite, followers from Instagram. This is just everything. And it wasn't the clients themselves that I now have, but it was, you know, their managers, the sister of an agent of this person. It brought you opportunities. Brought me opportunities. You never know who knows someone who knows someone in the power of networking is huge.

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had amazing support for my family and like my loved ones business wise. I never really had someone to guide me from start to finish. And I think the best thing for me is because people will ask like, oh, how can I start a podcast? How can I be an influencer? How can I do something? And like, there's no one correct answer. And it was literally, I think, experience trial and error that has helped me. So I want to know kind of like, do you have a mentor or did you kind of go independently? I definitely have had a mentor in L.A. I would say in New York. It was. the opposite of mentors, to be really honest. I had in corporate product world, I've had terrible bosses, chefs that were really belittling, you know, would say inappropriate comments or

touch me inappropriately just gross men in the culinary world. And I was like I, and just horrible bosses in the corporate product development world. And I just said, what is motivating me so much is to never work under these people again in my life and do my own things. That was motivating in New York. When I got to L.A., it was the opposite. I had several great mentors. One is this chef Durell. He does work on TastMade. He's a fantastic chef. And he, since moving out to L.A., took his time to help network me and connect me and really has just been a real backboard for me to bounce ideas off of and lean on for advice as someone in the industry. And, you know, if I'm getting an ick about a certain opportunity, celebrity chef brand on social media space is a tricky one to navigate and

building your brand and he's been incredibly helpful to me. Definitely. That's amazing. Well, I'm so glad that you had like those people along the way. I forgot to mention this, but actually my brother, he was a fine dining chef in San Diego. He was 19 when he was flown out to France to go be a fine dining chef there. People just see like, oh, chefs. Like it's not.

And like from saying it from family, like we've all. have seen in how toxic it can take a toll on someone who's into that industry. He loves cooking. It still has that as a passion, but he's had to realize mental health and everything. There's a different direction for him. I definitely know what it feels like to see from the outside view how that industry takes a toll. So I want to know, like, did that really take a toll on you at all? Yeah. I mean, one of the many reasons I just didn't want to go from high school to culinary school, work my way up in a restaurant is the culinary world can be really aggressive and toxic and working your way up in a restaurant, you know, the people that are the head chefs of

the restaurant had to work their way up. And their mentality is, you know, I got screamed at and yelled at as a bus boy, washing dishes, cleaning toilets, yelled at the, on working on the line doing the Misan Plus. And, you know, I got yelled at. I had this treatment. It made me tougher. And now I'm going to be yelling at you. And it's just this continuous toxic cycle in the restaurant world. It almost It sounds like unrelated to food almost. Like it gets to be where it gets, it can be a toxic, hostile environment. It's very male dominated. Definitely.

And it really motivates me to, I'm thankful every day that I have my business and my team. And I love working with female chefs is amazing. Women empower women. And working with other private chefs on events and collaborating and building each other up and building this great network. there are great guy chefs, but I would just say it is very male dominant. The women culinary community is a great one that I am a part of. Well, thank you so much, Chef Bay.

You have been such a lovely guest. I loved hearing all about your journey, how other listeners are able to, like, further their careers. And really just honestly, as I say, like, work hard and, like, things do pay off. Like, working hard really does pay off. And I know it's so cliche. But, like, if you truly do have a passion and it's nothing for the money, not for fame, not for anything but love for something you do and you work hard on that craft. It will take you places regardless. So I loved your story. Thank you so much for being on the busy at pretty

podcast. I appreciate it. Thank you. This was lovely. You're amazing and I'm so happy you had me on the podcast. Thank you so much. That is Chef Bay, everyone. Thank you. Thank you.