Tammany Taste Quick Bites: Chef Kim Kringlie

Over the past 30 years, Chef Kim Kringlie’s restaurant, the Dakota, has
become a mainstay of Northshore fine dining. Along the way, he’s been
recognized as culinary artist of the year by the St. Tammany Arts
Commission and named one of New Orleans’ top 25 chefs by the American
Culinary Federation. You may be surprised to learn that Chef Kim hails from
Grand Forks,

North Dakota where, as a 15 year old, he discovered his love for the
business at a steakhouse there,

called The Bronze Boot.

But in Louisiana, the self described “mashed potatoes and gravy flatlander”
works magic with our bountiful local seafood. If you have any doubts,
you’ve never tasted his sublime crabmeat and brie soup!

Louisiana Eats sat down with Chef Kim to hear the story of his amazing life
journey.