Behind the diner-style counter, chef Tanya Holland ladles batter onto a waffle iron for airy, yeasty, cornmeal waffles to serve with tarragon-laced buttermilk fried chicken. "There was a store in Paris that sold some American grocery items," she says, "but I couldn't find yams or cornmeal." Acclaimed for her inventive take on modern soul food, as well as comfort classics, Tanya Holland is the Executive Chef/Owner of the internationally renowned and beloved Brown Sugar Kitchen restaurant, in Oakland, California. Oakland dignitaries, grateful that she put a "there there," have named a day after her, and this month Ebony magazine came out with its first-ever chef awards, and guess who topped the list - Holland, dubbed California Chef of the Year by the California Travel Association. Per serving: 233 calories, 3 g protein, 7 g carbohydrate, 23 g fat (3 g saturated), 0 mg cholesterol, 6 mg sodium, 3 g fiber. She went on to work as a catering office manager, a tasting assistant for a wine importer, and a server at Mesa Grill before she committed to a career in the kitchen. Chabon even had the party there for his latest book, Telegraph Avenue, a big-hearted portrait of intertwining black and white families in Oakland. (Photo By Liz Hafalia/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images), 3384 x 2400 px (28,65 x 20,32 cm) - 300 dpi - 3 MB. Chef Tanya Holland of Brown Sugar Kitchen in Oakland, Calif., shares some tasty end-of-summer recipes like Roasted Summer Squash Egg Tart and Vegetarian "Dirty" Rice. Time magazine's November cover story, "The 13 Gods of Food," featured not one female chef, sparking a national discussion about why women aren't promoted in professional kitchens as quickly as their male counterparts. Holland and Surkis are talking about opening a bar in the Barn and increasing the number of seats at B-Side. She is an in-demand public speaker and lecturer who frequently leads the conversation on inclusion and equity in the hospitality industry. Hollands final note: Yes, you will see the brisket again. Novella Carpenter is the author of Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer. For the Jerk Spice Rub: Combine all the ingredients except the ribs; set aside. Tanya Holland on The Better Show with JD Roberto. "I want to be a brand. "The vision I have for myself is being a leader in this industry, an expert on the type of cuisine I do," she says. She is married to writer/performer Phil Surkis who is co-owner and business partner in their restaurants and their event space, B-Side Barn. Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper. In a small bowl, stir together the garlic, oil, vinegar, tahini, sesame seeds and red pepper flakes. Glazing a Thanksgiving turkey with bourbon for Food & Wine. Tanya Holland is an American professional chef, cookbook author, podcast host, and restaurateur, who owns Brown Sugar Kitchen based in Oakland, CA. "But her mother is from Louisiana and she is an excellent cook. The lightly spiced baby backs were spare on the meat, and gave a little too much resistance to extraction from the bone. Entertainment will continue at the B-Side Barn next door, she added. 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Tanya Holland on the set of The Talk. . Holland was named "2013 Restaurateur/Chef of the Year" by the California Travel Association during the California Travel Summit in March 2013 in San Diego. This recipe is from Tanya Holland's upcoming cookbook, "Brown Sugar Kitchen: Recipes and Stories from Everyone's Favorite Soul Food Restaurant" (Chronicle Books; September 2014). Holland is a member of the prestigious Chefs Council for The Center For Culinary Development in San Francisco. Besides a spicy slaw that was curiously flat, B-Sides excellent sides elevated any main dishes that werent up to snuff. At Mesa Grill, she was a server prior to committing herself to a career in the kitchen. The Holland family moved to Rochester, New York when she was two years old, when her father took a job with Eastman Kodak. It consisted of six couples from different ethnic and professional backgrounds who gathered to share experiences and meals ranging from Southern Cuisine, Italian, Pennsylvanian Dutch, Indian, Jewish, Mexican, and French. Details. But it was really, really good. The award was presented during the California Travel Summit on March 20, 2013 in, This page was last edited on 23 February 2023, at 22:15. I'm so happy she's risen to the top in this incredibly competitive market.". "There were many immigrant families there, and they informed us on how they ate," Holland says. All Access Digital offer for just 99 cents! [2] Her father attended Western New England College. The fabulous Tanya Holland - Brown Sugar Kitchen launch book signings. Her lessons in diversity are evident even at the 27-seat B-Side BBQ, which carries the standards like baby back ribs and corn bread, but also barbecue-braised tofu nuggets, seasonal collard greens and smoked mashed yams. Nutrition information: The calories and other nutrients absorbed from marinades and rubs vary and are difficult to estimate. Recently, though, West Oakland has been showing signs of a revival, in part because Brown Sugar Kitchen draws more than 1,800 customers a week. There's one phone number listed for Philip: (415) 200-6850 (O1 Communications, Inc). By Margo True Details. Chef Tanya Holland unlocks the metals gates to doors and windows outisde of Brown Sugar Kitchen in Oakland, Calif., before doing prep on Sunday, February 2, 2014. Holland attended La Varenne Ecole de Cuisine in Burgundy, France, where she received a Grand Diploma in 1992. The Women's Initiative for Self-Employment named Holland Woman Entrepreneur of Year in October 2013. Writer Novella Carpenter describes the tradition-minded chef and her gorgeous bourbon-glazed bird. Holland makes smart choices from the start, selecting supple cuts with fat streaks that are soft and melt away on the tongue. Visit brownsugarkitchen.com! "I remember everyone gathering, the civility of it," Holland said. Agiliza tu flujo de trabajo con nuestro sistema de gestin de archivos digitales de primera clase. Is it a revelatory approach, changing the barbecue paradigm for years to come? At the age of 8, her parents founded a gourmet cooking and eating club. The sweet-meets-heat pulled-pork sandwich on a griddled bun was generous with the meat and slaw I overheard a precocious preteen saying, I need two mouths for my sandwich! if a little dry. And the barbecue tofu cubes were so over-braised that their insides had been cooked away, leaving only a shoe-leather exterior husk. Tanya is a 56-year-old American professional chef, cookbook author, podcast host, and restaurateur, who was born on July 14, 1965, in Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America. She is an American professional chef, cookbook author, podcast host, and restaurateur who has an estimated net worth of $7 million. Loopy cowpoke branding has been burned into the wooden tables. Its an isolated spot, though not too far from the nouveau soul restaurant that earned Holland the East Bays uncomplicated, all-consuming love: Brown Sugar Kitchen. After 45 minutes, brush the ribs with some of the Pineapple Glaze, and brush them two or three times before serving. Next door to B-Side is a former auto body shop that Holland and Surkis have turned into an event space called the Barn, where they recently threw a party for the restaurateurs involved in Oakland Restaurant Week. For her seder, Holland wanted that same harmony of people and flavors. It's a move from barbecue to baked goods.Noted Oakland chef Tanya Holland has announced that she is pulling the plug on B-Side BBQ, a venture she and Phil Surkis launched in West Oakland.R To finish: When the ribs are done, they will be well browned and the meat will have shrunk back from the ends of the bones. . Millones de imgenes, vdeos y opciones musicales de alta calidad te estn esperando. Tanya Holland ready for big stage 2014-03-09 - Meredith May is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Overall, B-Side BBQ wasnt one of those rare, transformative smoked meat experiences Ive had at Double D BBQ in Grand Lake or Hill Country in Manhattan. At Brown Sugar Kitchen, she melds down-home soul food with her classical French training; a Cal-cuisine emphasis on well-sourced ingredients; and lessons picked up in the haute kitchens of Cape Cod, Boston, and New York. Holland is one of a handful of chefs who, according to the New York Times, represents a new generation of black chefs and cookbook authors reinventing, reinterpreting and reinvigorating whats thought of as African American food.. Holland graduated from Pittsford-Mendon High School in 1983. So, too, the beef-and-pork sausage link, a fiery Prather Ranch blend, was tasty but tough. [6] She received positive reviews as the Executive Chef of The Delux Caf in Boston and The Victory Kitchen in Brooklyn. The City of Oakland declared June 5th, 2012 as Tanya Holland Day for her "Significant Role in Creating Community and Establishing Oakland as a Culinary Center". Lightly oil the grill grates. If made ahead, refrigerate in an airtight container up to 1 month. She was the owner of Brown Sugar Kitchen in Oakland, California (2008 to 2022), which received national recognition and multiple Michelin Bib Gourmand awards.[1]. Husband Phil Surkis (left) and chef Tanya Holland (right) show Brown Sugar Kitchen in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, February 29, 2014. We wish Ed Howard and Leonard Gardner the best. Her second restaurant, B-Side BBQ, in an even more graffiti-pocked section of West Oakland, is gaining steam as resilient followers seek out her on-site smoked brisket and small-batch bourbon cocktails. Chef Tanya Holland makes grits at Brown Sugar Kitchen in Oakland, Calif., before opening on Sunday, February 2, 2014. When Holland was eight years old, her parents founded a gourmet cooking and eating club that consisted of six couples from different ethnic and professional backgrounds. It remains to be seen if her target audience will venture to B-Side after dark (Brown Sugar is daytime only) but its a studied risk. Transfer the ribs to a cutting board, let stand 5 minutes, then cut into individual ribs. [22] Season Two of Tanyas Tableran from December 2020 through March 2021 and featured special guests Ayesha Curry, Danny Glover, Bonnie Raitt, Phil Rosenthal, Lars Ulrich, Lizz Wright, Ericka Huggins, Jonny Moseley, and others. She loaded it with Dungeness crab, one of her favorite West Coast ingredients, and spiked it Creole-style with Tabasco and cayenne. Her pace is warp speed, and for as much as she takes on, she's always thinking about the next thing. Get Morning Report and other email newsletters. OUR PUBLICATIONSCannabis ChronicleEast BayGilroy DispatchGood Times Santa CruzHollister Free LanceKing City RustlerMarin Pacific SunMetro Silicon ValleyMorgan Hill TimesNorth Bay BohemianPress BannerSalinas Valley TribuneSouth ValleyWatsonville Pajaronian, ADVERTISINGAdvertiseLegal NoticesObituariesSponsored ContentWriting An ObituarySubmit an Obituary, COMPANY INFOJob OpportunitiesPrivacy Policy. Search More About This Property. Chef Tanya Holland (middle) talks with customers at Brown Sugar Kitchen in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, February 29, 2014. These medium-hot numbers begged for a cool dunk in the accompanying smoked blue-cheese dip. Grab it with a paper towel and pull it toward the other end of the slab to remove it. Will it keep haters from bemoaning the lack of decent local brisket and ribs? Place the ribs, meat side up, on the grate above the water-filled pan, cover the grill, and cook until tender, 1 1/2-2 hours. While working as a line cook at Verbena, she supplemented her income as a food styling assistant to Roscoe Betsill whose work has been featured in Metropolitan Home, Vegetarian Times and Food and Wine magazines. She was a contestant in an American reality show called Top Chef in 2017. Holland has been slowly increasing the hours, bumping closing time from 4 to 6, and she hopes to be open at night by summer. Beyond the food, its a welcoming, well-designed spot to hunker down (cowboy talk) for a meal. She met area food editors and bloggers, was welcomed at Yountville's iconic Domaine Chandon winery, and quickly got an agent. Other guests included Holland's husband, Phil Surkis, R&B singer Ledisi and Shiree Dyson, director of programs at San Francisco's Museum of the African Diaspora. Instructions: Preheat the oven to 450 and place a rack to the top position. Select Material: 4x6 $15.00 . The food community opened its arms. An ambassador for her city, Tanya Holland is very active in Oakland's oldest neighborhood, prompting Mayor Jean Quan to . For the Pineapple Glaze: Combine the pineapple juice and brown sugar in a small saucepan, bring to a boil over medium heat, reduce heat and cook until thick and reduced by about one-third, about 15 minutes. I can now ride my bike to a Montreal-style bagel shop or a tapas bar. Age 36 (415) 336-0167. In 2000, she felt it start to happen when she got a call from a fledgling channel called the Food Network. A third-generation beekeeper, Meredith cares for two beehives on the roof of The Chronicle and documents her adventures in apiculture,from harvesting honey to making mead and candles, in the ;Honeybee Chronicles column in the Home & Garden section. Tanya Holland(born July 14, 1965) is an American celebrity chef, restaurateur, podcast host, writer, and cookbook author. The author ofThe Brown Sugar Kitchen CookbookandNew Soul Cooking,Hollandcompeted on the 15thseason ofTop Chefon Bravo, was the host and soul food expert on Food NetworksMelting Pot, she appears on the new HBO Max showSelena + Cheffeaturing Selena Gomez, and is the host of Tanyas Kitchen Table on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network. [9] Holland has lived in Oakland, California since 2003. "They cooked world cuisine and regional American food.". Serve immediately. Who says the Bay Area is short on barbecue? Apart from being a chef, Tanya is also a lecturer who leads the conversation on inclusion and equity in the hospitality industry. Holland has no barbecue-specific stints on her rsum, and for all her culinary globetrotting, she has never been in smoking distance of Kansas City, Memphis, or the hill country of Texas. Visit brownsugarkitchen.com! B-Side BBQ is the newest venture from Tanya Holland, West Oakland chef/owner of Brown Sugar Kitchen. Together, Phil and Tanya have single-handedly brought new life to an economically downtrodden area of Oakland. Hollands parents (Hollis and Annette Holland) influenced her interest in cooking: her father is from rural Virginia and her mother from Louisiana. The chef is so devoted to the holiday that when she was a homesick 26-year-old student at France's prestigious La Varenne cooking school, she invited her classmates to a Thanksgiving dinner. A few items would have fared better with a shorter cook. You have entered an incorrect email address! "Her drive is one of those natural gifts you are born with; it always impressed me because I've always thought of myself as lazy, an industrial engineer whose job is to come up with easier ways of doing things," says her father, Hollis, 70. Sweet Potato Scones with Brown Sugar Icing Recipe Do not flip the ribs during cooking. [2] She opened her first restaurant, Brown Sugar Kitchen in West Oakland in 2008, receiving positive reviews for signature dishes such as chicken and waffles, oyster poboys, and BBQ shrimp & grits. For Holland, tempering her ambition with the appropriate amount of patience is a balancing act. Meredith May is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Holland has been honored with her own "day" by the city of Oakland, recognizing her role in developing the area as a culinary mecca. Jerk Baby Back Ribs with Pineapple Salsa tanya holland phil surkis. Dodging potholes and broken glass, all I found was fast food and three Korean restaurants. The "Today" show is talking about another segment with Holland in the spring, and executives from Oprah's OWN network have reached out to Holland to talk about a possible show. View Phil Surkis results including current phone number, address, relatives, background check report, and property record with Whitepages. The cornbread was outstanding moist and spongy with a pat of honey butter cascading over the edges. Linda Zavoral is a Features reporter and editor who writes about restaurants, libations, travel and the arts for the Eat Drink Play and Eye/Timeout sections. Holland was born on July 14, 1965 in Hartford, Connecticut to parents Annette Holland and Hollis Holland. From left to right: Aisha Tyler, Tanya Holland, Julie Chen, Like Brown Sugar, B-Side BBQ fills a specific culinary dearth, in a neighborhood that has had very few dining options at all. Rogers hadn't been at the kitchen for awhile but was working out this morning thinking of Holland's homemade pork hash and chicken and waffles. The smoked barbecue chicken at B-Side, juicy and lush and expansive with flavor, may not gain this level of cult following, but its a contender. If made ahead, refrigerate in an airtight container for up to 3 days.). Customers feel so passionate about the dish that they regularly pay tribute with love letters left on their tables. Oops. [3][4] When Holland was eight years old, her parents founded a gourmet cooking and eating club that consisted of six couples from different ethnic and professional backgrounds. As he drove her to the Oakland hills to search out homes where her relatives had lived, they decided to get a bite, and she suggested barbecue. Apple Bundt Cake with Brown Sugar Glaze Recipe Holland is among a group of women breaking the mold of the male celebrity chef. People were more open to me.". Remove ribs from the marinade, letting the excess drip off. The podcasts guests include Gina Torres, Danny Meyer, Alice Waters, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Samin Nosrat, Questlove, just to mention but a few. Husband Phil Surkis and chef Tanya Holland show Brown Sugar Kitchen in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, February 29, 2014. This year, Chabon and Waldman invited Holland to cook Thanksgiving at their Craftsman house near the foot of the Oakland Hills. Fill in the blank: The Bay Area is missing a _____ food scene. In that capacity adding a fresh face to the barbecue landscape, and to an isolated stretch of San Pablo Avenue it succeeds. Season Two of Tanyas Table features special guests Ayesha Curry, Danny Glover, Bonnie Raitt, Phil Rosenthal, Lars Ulrich, Lizz Wright, Ericka Huggins, Jonny Moseley, and others. She is a woman of average stature. This year, she created a spectacular meal that brings together her French training, Creole background and California influences. They have been together ever since, and now Surkis' business card says "waffle hustler/rib wrangler." Holland is the owner of Brown Sugar Kitchen in West Oakland, California. Her 2004 narrative series on a war-wounded Iraqi boy won the PEN USA Literary Award for Journalism and the Pulitzer Prize for photography. Historical Residence Records. San Francisco Chronicle/Hearst Newspapers via Getty Images. Enter Tanya Holland, well-armed with a smoker, a smile, and a surplus of true grit. In 2020 she joined the James Beard Foundation Board of Trustees, is the Chair of James Beard Foundation Awards Committee (2021present) and is a frequent writer and chef at the James Beard Foundation. Season with salt and black pepper. What she offers is a California-ized rendition of African-American comfort food, she said, but its about classic technique, too. tanya holland award winning chef, author, and restaurateur about MEET TANYA HOLLAND Acclaimed for her inventive take on modern soul food, as well as comfort classics, Tanya Holland is the Executive Chef/Owner of the internationally renowned and beloved Brown Sugar Kitchen restaurant, in Oakland, California. She's a Bay Area native and a San Jose State University journalism graduate. B-Side BBQ: 3303 San Pablo Ave. (near 34th Street), Oakland; (510) 595-0227. www.bsidebbq.com. Ever since the French-trained former Food Network chef opened Brown Sugar Kitchen six years ago in a hardscrabble neighborhood of peeling Victorians and abandoned brick factories, diners have been lining up, 1,800 each week, often waiting 90 minutes for her signature organic buttermilk-fried chicken and cornmeal waffles. Within the space of 18 months, it seems like Tanya Holland, the first chef to create a destination restaurant in oft-forgotten West Oakland, is everywhere, reinventing soul food. Hollands fried chicken (and waffles, natch) anchors the menu at Brown Sugar Kitchen, and other worthy items seem to circle in its orbit. It was a food region she'd never seen, with a wine industry, and she decided to move in 2003 to Oakland and write a French-African fusion cookbook with modernized soul food. "I want to create an empire," she says, taking a break from the waffle irons. Meet Tanya and Phil Surkis on Friday at 7pm Alameda ! We re beyond thrilled to have Celeste create her irresistible sweet and savory magicin that space.. Philip now resides at 3268 Louise Str, Oakland, CA 94608-4122. She has covered the Olympic Games, investigated sex trafficking between Korea and San Francisco's massage parlors, and in Nepal. For the ribs: Use a butter knife to loosen the membrane off the bone side of the ribs. She is married to her husband called Phil Surkis. Other guests included Holland's husband, Phil Surkis, R&B singer Ledisi and Shiree Dyson, director of programs at San Francisco's Museum of the African Diaspora. Tanya is 56 years old. She launched her restaurant career in New York City by serving as an assistant manager at Cornelia Street Caf, Caf Rakel, and Nosmo King restaurants.
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