Brett Knipmeyer, Chef / Owner
Originally from Chicago, Chef Brett started cooking while exploring the Pacific North West after receiving a BS in Architecture from the University of Illinois.   Upon graduation from Western Culinary Institute in Portland, Oregon, he returned to Chicago for a stint at Charlie Trotter’s.  With his wife Sandy, Brett arrived in Alaska to find that perfect place near the mountains and settle down.  After seven years as the head chef at Jens, he has staked his own culinary claim, and named it after his favorite person, his daughter Kinley.

Solomon Loosli, General Manager / Sommelier
Long time sommelier & dinner manager of Gesine’s, Solomon has just returned from a 10 country working tour of Western Europe where he blended pinot noir cuvee for Domaine Moritz and appeared as a guest aficionado for the Federation Culturelle Des Vins De France.  Solomon has won several Wine Spectator Awards, received the International Restaurant & Hospitality Gold Wine Award, became a member of the Court of Master Sommeliers in August of 2001, was knighted by a Bordeaux wine society in France, and has worked as a wine professional in France, Germany, and Sonoma.

Jim Nyholm , Sous Chef
Jim received his culinary training at Le Cordon Bleu in Ottawa, Canada. He has worked at the Crow's Nest, was Sous Chef at Fletcher's in the Hotel Captain Cook, and has worked as the dinner chef at Jens restaurant.

Marty Kimball, Day Manager / Special Events Coordinator
Having spent the last six years coordinating events for Marx Bros. and the Egan Convention Center. Marty has catered in Kodiak, poured drinks for KISS, and organized some of the largest events in Alaska.