🏳️‍🌈 Order Up! A Conversation with Chef Tatiana Rosana, Celebrity Chef & Mom 🥔

Queer Food, Safe Spaces, and Flan: Chef Tatiana Rosana’s Recipe for Family

Small Bites - Things we LOVE:

More Helping Hands in the Kitchen
Our favorite chef-parents always say: the best way to raise confident kids is to let them cook with you. That’s why we love Kids Cook Real Food — a virtual course that teaches kids real kitchen skills (without the stress).
👉 Check it out here and get those little hands stirring, slicing, and feeling proud.

Dinner Help, Written by a Fellow Mess-Maker
Ann Kent—dietitian, mom, and creator of Peas & Hoppy—has personally written and tested all 800+ recipes in her meal planning app (often with her toddler in tow). These flexible weekly menus are full of real-life solutions, picky eater tips, and just enough variety to keep dinner interesting.
👉 Try it free for 30 days - use code ONEPOTATO30

🥔 One Potato is a reader-supported newsletter - paid subscribers have access to read full interviews and participate in the comments section for $5/month or $45/year

---

Celebrating Pride Month with Chef Tatiana, who is redefining family traditions—one dish at a time

As we wrap up Pride Month and look ahead to the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots on June 28, we’re honored to share a conversation with Chef Tatiana Rosana—a two-time Chopped champ, proud Cuban-American, wife, and mom to a curious, confident five-year-old named Arlo.

Born and raised in a traditional Cuban household in Miami, Tatiana grew up surrounded by the rhythms of family cooking: the sound of black beans hitting metal tins in her grandmother’s kitchen, the comfort of flan baked with love, and the sense that food was never just about eating—it was about memory, identity, and belonging. Today, she’s the executive chef at The Envoy Hotel in Boston and regional culinary director for a growing hotel group across New England. But at home, Tatiana’s cooking life is less about impressing critics and more about building sensory memories with Arlo—passing down cultural traditions, encouraging curiosity, and embracing the joyful chaos of kid-powered cooking.

In this interview, Tatiana reflects on what it means to raise a child in a two-mom household, how she brings representation into the kitchen, and why “queer food” is as much about safe spaces as it is about ingredients. She shares honest, funny, deeply rooted stories about picky eating, pressure from her immigrant family to follow a traditional career path, and the moment she traded pre-med for culinary school (spoiler: her dad’s reaction may surprise you). She also offers advice for home cooks, especially parents, who want to raise adventurous eaters without the pressure of perfection.

Whether you’re here for the cooking inspiration, the cultural connections, or just a little reminder that identity and family deserve a place at every table—you’ll find all that and more in Tatiana’s story.

---

A message from our friends Katie Kimball & Kids Cook Real Food.:

Want to Build Memories Together in the Kitchen - AND Raise a More Confident Cook? 🍳
We’ve heard it again and again from the chefs we’ve interviewed—some of the best food memories (and life lessons) start with kids helping in the kitchen. That’s why we’re big fans of Kids Cook Real Food, a self-paced course that makes it easy (and fun!) for your kids to learn real cooking skills, one safe step at a time.

Whether your kiddo is ready to crack eggs or just wants to stir the pancake batter, this course gives them the tools—and confidence—to help with dinner and feel proud of it.
👉 Explore the course here and bring more helping hands into the kitchen.

---

One Potato’s Order Up! Interview: Chef Tatiana Rosana

Introduce Yourself:

I’m Tatiana Rosana. I’m a chef, wife, and the mom to a gorgeous five-year-old named Arlo. I’m first-generation Cuban American, born and raised in Miami - now living in New England.