My favorite person is on the podcast this week, and there are NO EDITS! 🫢 Join me for a fun conversation with my fellow farmer and adventurer, inspiring entrepreneur and insanely talented chef - my husband, Steven Bailey. For this episode, we sat down late one night in the barn studio here on Kindred Farm with a bottle of our favorite wine to share some thoughts about our spring farm-to-table dinner that we hosted last weekend...and so much more.
We had zero plan for what to talk about, so what we share in this freestyle convo is what you get to hear! We pull back the curtain on how and why we do farm dinners and on Steven’s full-time work as a private chef. This episode will inspire you to embrace imperfection, take risks outside your comfort zone, and live with more boldness and authenticity, right where you are. LISTEN IN!
A few of the topics we chat about in this episode:
What is it about an experience that makes it “magical?”
How you can host people in an authentic, welcoming way in your own space
Why being pushed outside our comfort zones is an absolute necessity
Engaging kids of all ages without screens
A key element of “kindred” that’s different from other experiences
I’m excited to bring Steven back on the pod in the near future for more “no-edit” episodes, so stay tuned!
Steven Bailey, a.k.a. The Korean Farmer, is a private chef, regenerative farmer, menu-creator, and farm-to-table consultant. Raised by a mother from the rice fields of South Korea and a father who grew up on a North Carolina tobacco farm, Chef Steven has been trained by his taste buds and unique Korean/Southern cultural heritage rooted in food and agriculture. As a private chef for his weekly clients and special occasion dinners, Steven crafts creative and inspiring food - from kimchi tacos to hand cut pappardelle, and everything in between. Steven attended Baylor University where he began cooking and baking and was probably the only guy in his fraternity to own a Kitchen Aid Mixer. Right out of college and living in Dallas, Steven started a missions travel company called 963 Missions and a fair-wage coffee company before founding Urban Acres, an organic produce co-op, market, and urban farm, in 2009. After selling Urban Acres in 2015, he moved his family to the rolling green hills of Santa Fe, Tennessee where they broke ground and began Kindred Farm.
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SHOW NOTES:
Cannonau di Sardegna Riserva - Sardinian wine
Thirst by Scott Harrison of Charity: Water
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