Emily Hyland

Emily Hyland (born 1982) is an American restaurateur, poet, and yoga teacher. With chef Matt Hyland, she co-founded the Pizza Loves Emily and Emmy Squared Pizza restaurant groups, and co-authored EMILY: The Cookbook. Hyland is also the author of two poetry collections, including Divorced Business Partners: A Love Story (2024), which received the Howling Bird Press Poetry Prize, and My Wise Little Ghost (2026).

Hyland is a co-owner and director of YogaSource in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She co-leads writing and movement retreats with the poet Mark Doty.

Early life and education Hyland was born in 1982. She grew up in Ridgewood, New Jersey and attended Roger Williams University in Rhode Island, where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts and met chef Matt Hyland. She later earned an MFA in poetry and an MA in English education from Brooklyn College.

Before entering the restaurant industry, she worked as a high school English teacher and instructional coach in New York City public schools and as an adjunct English professor at New York City College of Technology. She managed front-of-house operations and served as the restaurant's opening CEO and national brand ambassador while Matt Hyland developed the menu, including the Emmy Burger.

In 2016, they opened the first Emmy Squared in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, specializing in Detroit-style pizza and the Le Big Matt burger.

After their divorce, Emily and Matt Hyland continue to co-own and operate the original EMILY.

Writing Hyland's debut poetry collection, Divorced Business Partners: A Love Story, was published by Howling Bird Press in October 2024 and was the recipient of the Howling Bird Press Poetry Prize in 2024. and Mount Hope Magazine, among others.

Her second poetry collection, My Wise Little Ghost, is forthcoming from Trio House Press in July 2026. A third collection is forthcoming from Cornerstone Press, an imprint of the University of Wisconsin Press, in March 2027.

Hyland is the co-author, with Matt Hyland, of EMILY: The Cookbook (Ballantine Books, 2018), a debut cookbook of more than 100 recipes drawn from the couple's restaurants. Reviewing the book, The New York Times food editor Sam Sifton called it "perhaps the first really full-throated American pizza cookbook." Publishers Weekly gave the book a starred review, and The New York Times named it one of the "Best 19 Cookbooks for Fall 2018."

Yoga and wellness Hyland began practicing yoga in 2007 and completed a 200-hour teacher training program at Yogamaya in 2012.

Personal life Hyland was married to Matt Hyland from 2007 to 2019; the two have continued to co-own and operate their original restaurant together following their divorce. Hyland is remarried to the attorney Jeffrey Silberman, as of 2022. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.