222 S. Wilmington Street, Downtown Raleigh 919.838.0085
The Duck & Dumpling welcomes Chef James Yott Boyle as its new head chef, taking over the kitchen from Chef David Mao, who retired at the beginning of the year.
Chef James is a Le Cordon Bleu-trained chef with more than 20 years of experience cooking Asian food, beginning at the age of 12 in his parent's restaurant, Thai Orchid, the first of its kind in Miami. Most recently he was executive chef at Kung Fu Kitchen at Catalina Hotel and Resort in Miami Beach.
Chef James brings with him recipes handed down from his Thai mother and grandmother, who still cooks in a wok over an outdoor wood fire in a fishing village in Southern Thailand. Chef James masterfully preserves the traditions of his family, as well as The Duck's, while infusing the recipes with his own modern style of Asian cooking.
