COOL HAND LUKE
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aving honed his considerable skills in some of the most renowned kitchens in the world, since coming to Cape Town, Luke has consistently proven his mettle with a string of awards and accolades, the most recent being Chef of the Year at the prestigious 2011 Eat Out Dstv Food Network Restaurant Awards.
Luke Dale-Roberts is a name The Test Kitchen, located in the trendy Biscuit Mill complex in Woodstock, synonymous with the finest, was also named number two restaurant in South Africa at the awards, which to honour the best restaurants and chefs in the country. The Test Kitchen, most creative and innovative food. seeks which opened in November 2010, sees the chef cooking his distinctive style CAPE TOWN
of cuisine in an intimate space that also delights design aficionados.
As its name implies, The Test Kitchen, though primarily a restaurant, affords Luke the opportunity for maximum innovation as a chef, as well as being a space to use as “the creative hub” for a variety of different projects, including regular cooking demonstrations. “It symbolises a stage in a creative process,” he says. The intimate 40-seater restaurant provides guests with the option of a casual or more formal dining experience, but always a taste of Luke’s apparently limitless culinary imagination and exquisite presentations.
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