Tanya Holland is an American professional chef, cookbook author, and owner of Brown Sugar Kitchen.
Her first book, New Soul Cooking, was published by Stuart, Tabori & Chang in 2003.
A second book, Brown Sugar Kitchen: New Style Down-Home Recipes from Sweet West Oakland with a foreword by Michael Chabon, was released in 2014 by Chronicle Books.
Holland is a regular guest chef on NBC's Today Show and CBS's The Talk.
She hosted the Food Network TV show "Melting Pot Soul Kitchen" from 2000-2003.