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" Luke Dale Roberts's Gourmet Laboratory "

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Luke Dale-Roberts's new venture follows a four-year long tenure as the executive chef of La Colombe restaurant at the Constantia Uitsig wine estate in Constantia. During this time, Dale-Roberts took the celebrated fine dining establishment to new heights, culminating most recently in its winning 12th place in the San Pellegrino 50 Best Restaurants of the World Awards 2010 and gaining the title of Acqua Panna Best Restaurant in Africa and Middle East.

Having 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.

The Test Kitchen, located in the trendy Biscuit Mill complex in Woodstock, was
also named number two restaurant in South Africa at the awards, which seeks to honour the best restaurants and chefs in the country. The Test Kitchen, which opened in November 2010, sees the chef cooking his distinctive style of cuisine in an intimate space that also delights design aficionados.

Address: The Test Kitchen, shop 104 A, The old biscuit mill, 375 Albert Road,, 8001 Woodstock, Western Cape, South Africa

Phone: 021 447 2337

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Email: az.oc.nehctiktseteht@snoitavreser

Parking: Lot

City: Woodstock

Street Number: The Test Kitchen, shop 104 A, The old biscuit mill, 375 Albert Road,

Zip Code: 8001

categories: restaurant

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The service is fantastic and the staff were tentative in every way. The meals were tasty and had a variety of tastes and textures. Great selection of wines. The best part is that this is a career path for people that haven’t had many opportunities in life. The restaurant allows individuals with little to no culinary experience to become artists in the industry. Good work!

This is an exquisite dining experience, possibly the best to be had in Africa. The service levels together with the presentation as well as the balance in the combinations to create each dish is on such a high level. Its a feel of such precise dining, while each dish looks like art. I had the iconic wine pairing dinner, even the wines paired perfectly, with each glass described by the sommelier present. My highlight dish was the springbok, beetroot, bone marrow and hazelnut curd paired with a boekenhoutskloof cab. This will go down as 1 of the best single plates of food I’ve ever had. This while every other dish was excellent as well. Yes it can be expensive, but it’s still an experience that can actually feel like it’s value for money, once you understand the effort that has been made here, to serve us. We only live once and this needs to be experienced. Note that this was my experience a few years ago.

10/10 for EVERYTHING. Vibe, service, food, lighting all stunning. Beef tartare & plum duck was the highlight for me. I loved the drinks as well. Vegetarian risotto was probably my least favourite but it was not bad at all, just not my type of dish. The sashimi is also delicious and the bread course was super interesting, haven’t had something like that before so I enjoyed it. Love seeing this upliftment program doing so well and I love the concept of this. Luke is just the best, never misses. Can’t wait to try Salon next!!

Fantastic atmosphere and great food. Staff are being trained so it’s great to go in with an open attitude. We were sat at stools by the kitchen so got to watch everything be made. We went for the fully fledge menu which felt very reasonable. We booked on the 1st of the month before.

Great & friendly staff. Wide variety on the menu for all different preferences. Extremely affordable by American standards for top notch food and available tasting menu with wine pairing.

Very good service, nice atmosphere. We tried the tasting menu. The main kudu dish was very tasty. I personally think the other dishes were good but not very special. The price was a little bit high

Absolutely incredible. The food was delicious and creative. The service was hospitable, friendly, and attentive. One of the best meals I have had in all of 2022. Thank you!Food: 5/5

What a special treat. Impeccable service and food. It was truly out of this world. Local talent at its best. Didn’t see any foreign  chefs, these are our people.  So proud.

Having turned up with a reservation to Test Kitchen, Johannesburg our mistake! Harmony, the maitre d' ushered  is into the fully booked restaurant insisting it must have been their fault and made us feel smashing about the whole experience. The evening from there continued with the same level of hospitality and fun, with Daniel looking after us very well. The tasting menu and wine pairings were amazing, with a good level of innovation in the dishes. Thanks for a fab evening guys!

It saddens me that Test Kitchen is closing down. So as a last tribute from abroad I will share my experience at one of my favourite restaurants ever.  I went to Test Kitchen after they won the awards as Africa's best restaurant and top 50 in the world by S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna. I and got to experience a true culinary adventure. The experience started in the dark room where we could choose from salty, bitter, sweet and sour cocktails to accompany our first set of edible gems.  The dark room took us around the world with anise marinated springbok carpaccio from South Africa, Billionaire's shortbread from Scotland, Ssamjang veg from Korea, Tuna from Japan, Coconut Langoustines from Mauritius, Lamb Roti from India and much more. This experience in itself was priceless.  The light room was the next step of Test Kitchen's culinary journey. As the name might give away, this place was the open, vibrant and light dining area next to kitchen and the prep station.  All the meals from start to finish were prepared with finesse, expertise and joy. Everything from the miniature bread loaf and the deconstructed food to the dramatic plating, finishing touches and even the palate cleansers - were absolutely amazing.  All the best to the staff and owners.

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