luke dale-roberts

Luke Dale-Roberts is not so much a chef as an unstoppable creative force – who happens to cook.

In November 2010 he opened what was soon to be Cape Town’s hottest restaurant, The Test Kitchen, as evidenced by a prestigious award for SA’s second best restaurant only a year later, and with that the title of SA’s best chef.

Luke’s success is no flash-in-the-pan effort. He spent four years sautéing his skills as executive chef at La Colombe restaurant at the Constantia Uitsig wine estate. The results: an award for 12th best restaurant in the world in the San Pellegrino 50 Best Restaurants of the World Awards 2010, and the title of Acqua Panna Best Restaurant in Africa and Middle East.

Besides The Test Kitchen, Luke has since opened the nearby Pot Luck Club (an eatery-cum-art gallery) and a mysteriously exciting ‘food lab’ where he and his highly-trained minions concoct new delights for diners lucky enough to secure a table at one of his restaurants.