From UVA’s Corner to Julia Child, Meet Celebrity Chef and Alumna Tanya Holland

Tanya Holland has made numerous appearances on NBC’s “Today” show, “Good Morning America” and The Food Network; was a contestant on Bravo TV’s “Top Chef”; and hosted her own show, “Tanya’s Kitchen Table,” on Oprah Winfrey’s OWN network. But this celebrated Black celebrity chef and 1987 University of Virginia graduate started her food service career not in the grand kitchens of Europe, but on the Corner, working at two long-gone restaurants in the 1980s.