Are you using SALT wrong? Celebrity chef reveals the MAJOR mistakes that everyone is making with 'the most important ingredient in the kitchen'

A celebrity chef has lifted the lid on the common mistakes that almost everyone makes with salt - revealing the basic errors that are likely causing your dishes to have an underwhelming flavor. 

Meredith Hayden, 28, is a private chef based in New York City who shot to fame while documenting her working life out in the Hamptons, where she was busy prepping meals for designer Joseph Altuzarra. 

She frequently boasts her cooking skills and leaves foodies full of advice on social media, where she is known as @wishbonekitchen and has garnered over 1.1 million followers. 

Recently, the chef took to Instagram to detail the mistakes people make when in the kitchen - specifically when using the essential seasoning. 

In a viral video, which has so far amassed over 21,000 likes, Meredith detailed the four types of salt and which you should use for cooking as she shared how to best season your food. 

Meredith Hayden , 28, is a celebrity chef who has lifted the lid on the various types of salt and the mistakes that people make when seasoning their food

She frequently boasts her cooking skills and leaves foodies full of advice on social media, where she is known as @wishbonekitchen and has garnered over 1.1 million followers

She captioned the clip: 'Let's talk salt, arguably the most important ingredient in your kitchen.' 

The chef noted that while most people use a salt shaker to season their food, use should be using your fingers. 

'I have a theory that it's physically impossible to season your food to the level that you need when using a salt shaker. 

'You need to have your salt in a little dish so that you can grab it with your fingers because that's the only way you're going to be able to get enough salt.   

'If you're standing there using a shaker, you're never going to salt your food enough because it's going to take too long,' she explained. 

After giving viewers her top salt trip, she then detailed the various types of salts in her kitchen and what she uses them for. 

'Have you ever made a recipe and wondered why it specifically calls for diamond kosher salt? Well, today were going to talk about it,' she said as she sat behind kosher salt, sea salt, Maldon, and unrefined salt. 

She began describing diamond kosher salt as she branded it 'universally accepted by chefs as the gold standard.' 

'It's very affordable and it's also minimally processed. The only ingredient in here is salt. 

'That's why chefs choose diamond kosher as the salt they use and the reason they specify it in the recipe is because a tablespoon of diamond kosher is going to be different than a tablespoon of a different kind of salt,' she explained. 

Meredith added that if you will have any type of salt in your kitchen, it should be diamond kosher. 

However, when seasoning meats, the celebrity chef revealed that she prefers to use ultra-fine sea salt. 

In a viral video, which has so far amassed over 21,000 likes, Meredith detailed the four types of salt and why you shouldn't use a salt shaker to season your meals 

'Larger salt granules won't adhere to meat. So I like to use ultra-fine sea salt to season my meats. 

'Now, I wouldn't use this to season pasta water or to season something where the salt is just going to dissolve because that texture isn't really going to matter,' she added. 

And when texture does play a part, the chef confessed that she reaches for Maldon salt, which is slightly pricier than the other options but gives your food an added kick. 

'Now, when texture does matter is when you have finished the food, that's when I reach for flaky sea salt. Now, Maldon is not cheap, this is very expensive. 

'It's expensive because you're paying for the texture, you want to see those granules and feel them in your mouth. So you really want to use this only when you're finishing food and you throw it on top as the last step,' the private chef explained. 

Lastly, she revealed that if she is looking to finish a dish with salt on top but doesn't want the texture, she will reach for an unrefined sea salt, which comes from Italy. 

The chef and content creator admitted: 'Do not feel like you need to go out and buy sea salt that is harvested from the shores of Italy.' 

At the end of the clip, she added: 'To reiterate, you don't need all four of these salts, you just need diamond kosher salt.'