10/22
Guest Chef Tanya Holland
Cooking Class Part 1

This class will feature recipes from Tanya’s cookbook Brown Sugar Kitchen, based on her now-closed Oakland restaurant of the same name. Brown Sugar Kitchen was considered a soul food outpost with a menu featuring a new-style approach to down-home recipes. Think Grits Cakes Benedict, Andouille Gougeres, and Beignets with Chocolate-Chicory Sauce!

Join award winning chef, author and restaurateur Tanya Holland for two special cooking classes featuring recipes from her latest cookbook California Soul, Recipes from a Culinary Journey West. Based in Oakland, California, Tanya has received accolades from the New York Times for representing “a new generation of Black chefs and cookbook authors … reinventing, reinterpreting and reinvigorating what’s thought of as African American food.” Acclaimed for her inventive take on modern soul food, as well as comfort classics, for her Ah Haa classes, Tanya will take full advantage of the Telluride region’s fresh seasonal produce to teach her approach to modern soul food. Specific details on the class curriculum and menus for each class will be announced soon. Participants are welcome to sign up for one or both classes.

For a sneak peek into Tanya’s cooking style and personal journey, look for her cookbook California Soul (Ten Speed Press, 2022). Along with recipes for each season, Tanya profiles ten contemporary Black Californian food makers while celebrating the rich culinary traditions that African Americans brought with them as they migrated West.

SIGN UP FOR BOTH PART 1 & 2 HERE

Join Us for Launchpad Dinner with Tanya Holland October 25

This August, Ah Haa is honored to host award winning chef, author and restaurateur Tanya Holland for its multi-course, wine-paired Launchpad Dinner. Known for her inventive take on modern soul food, as well as comfort classics, Tanya Holland is the founder of the famed Brown Sugar Kitchen restaurant and author of three cookbooks – Tanya Holland’s California Soul, Recipes from a Culinary Journey West (2022); Brown Sugar Kitchen (2014) and New Soul Cooking (2003). She currently sits on the Board of Trustees for the The James Beard Foundation and is the Chef/Chair of its Awards Committee. She is the host of Tanya’s Kitchen Table cooking show on The Oprah Winfrey Network and the host of Tanya’s Table Podcast. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Russian Language and Literature from the University of Virginia, and a Grande Diplôme from La Varenne École de Cuisine in Burgundy, France.

Tanya’s West Oakland-based restaurant Brown Sugar Kitchen received multiple Michelin Bib Gourmand awards. Today she is an in-demand public speaker who frequently leads the conversation on inclusion and equity in the hospitality industry. In 2017, Tanya competed on the 15th season of Top Chef: Colorado, which included an episode filmed at the Peaks in Telluride. She has been the host/soul food expert on Food Network’s Melting Pot and has made numerous television appearances including The Today Show, The Talk, CBS This Morning, Iron Chef, Master Chef and Selena + Chef. Tanya is a member of the prestigious Les Dames d’Escoffier Bay Area chapter, and was honored by the City of Oakland, which in 2012 declared June 5 to be “Tanya Holland Day.” A year later she was awarded the Key to The City. Internationally, Tanya serves as a Culinary Diplomat for the US State Department with tours in Kazakhstan and Mexico and has taught classes in Brantôme, France for gastronomic travelers.