About Chef Steven Bailey

Raised by a mother who grew up in the rice fields of South Korea and a father who grew up on a North Carolina tobacco farm, Chef Steven Bailey (a.k.a. “The Korean Farmer”) is the co-founder and co-owner of Kindred Farm, a 17-acre regenerative farm in Santa Fe, TN (south of Nashville) that brings together the land and table. Steven’s unique Korean/Southern cultural heritage rooted in food and agriculture is the driving force behind all of Kindred’s gatherings that they host at their modern event barn overlooking the Tennessee countryside - from artisan pizza dinners using their Gozney ovens, to seasonal farm-to-table Kindred Dinners, to K-Barbeque using their 50-gallon Texas-style smoker.

As a private chef for over 17 years, Steven has cooked for music artists like Post Malone, Luke Bryan, and Morgan Wallen, actors, professional athletes, politicians, and hundreds more. No matter who is around the table, what matters most to Steven is creating special moments that gather people and connect them to quality food with a story.