Too busy to have Luke around to cook in your own kitchen? Not to worry, here’s a delicious recipe from the latest edition (May) of Women’s Health for Butternut Strudel, created by Luke himself. he’s busy enough himself these days, with The Test Kitchen packing them in.
200g butternut, peeled
10ml olive oil
6g thyme, chopped
2 sheets phyllo [...]
The Pot Luck club is six stories up, on top of an old grain silo in the Biscuit Mill, Woodstock.
The lift disgorges you into a glass walled space with 360 degree views of The Mother City.
Behind you is a view over colourful Woodstock, buildings painted every shade of the rainbow. The huge flank of Table [...]
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Attention all Foodies!!
Our Top 10 Places to Eat Cape Town this year is being chosen by means of a public vote.
That’s right, simple.
All you have to do is to pick your favourite restaurant from the list of Top 20 below.
Please send your vote to clare@spill.co.za
Only one vote per person.
These awards are the only ones that [...]
Posted in Restaurants Tags: 95 keerom, alto, aubergine, bistro sixteen 82, bizerca, bizerca bistro, buratta, clarke's, Dear Me, el burro, eric bulpitt, foodbarn, franck dangereux, giorgio nava, gorgeous graham beck, greenhouse, harald bresselschmidt, Hemelhuijs, jason's bakery, la colombe, la mouette, laurent deslandes, luke dale roberts, massimo's pizza, neil grant, peter templehof, planet restaurant, reuben riffel, roundhouse, san pellegrino, sassi, savoy cabbage, societi bistro, Takumi, tamboers winkel, test kitchen, top 100 places to eat cape town, Vanessa Marx, woodlands eatery, yoto gardens sushi 11 Comments read more »
Luke Dale-Roberts is opening a pop up restaurant for the coming ski season in Verbier, Switzerland.
It will be located in the Hotel Farinet which overlooks the main square in Verbier. Luke and his sous chef, Nicholas Wilkinson, will venture up to Switzerland in November to start the process of devising menus, sourcing local produce and [...]
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It seems that tapas are the new international trend.
Diners the world over are eager to experiment and explore lots of different dishes and new tastes.
Ferran Adria, of El Bulli fame closed up his molecular gastronomy restaurant and opened a tapas bar in Barcelona.
In Cape Town, Luke Dale-Roberts specialises in them, to great success and recognition.
French [...]
It’s that time of year to get the crystal ball out and polish it off to see what might lie in store for South African restaurants and diners during 2012.
These are turbulent times, with increasing uncertainty at every level, nationally and internationally. Recession, the credit squeeze and anti drink-driving campaigns are affecting dining out in [...]
Posted in Niblets. Tags: boerekos, chris erasmus, el bulli, eric bulpitt, ferran adria, franck dangereux, french laundry, gaaitjie, george jardine, luke dale roberts, magic herb, nancy kinchela, noma, paternoster, pierneef a la motte, pop up restaurants, pot luck club, suzi holzhausen, the roundhouse, the saxon, thomas keller 3 Comments read more »
“Small plates of global dishes” is what’s on offer at Luke Dale-Roberts newly opened Pot Luck Club and Gallery in The Old Biscuit Mill in Woodstock.
It’s right beside The Test Kitchen, and at first appearance it shares many of the same signature design elements. Everything is very earthy and elemental – lots of blonde wood, [...]
Luke Dale-Robert’s latest venture is The Pot Luck Club & Gallery, a tapas bar and art gallery, which is situated adjacent to his award winning restaurant, The Test Kitchen, at The Old Biscuit Mill in Cape Town.
There will also be a dedicated cocktail bar and an accompanying list of boutique wines to complement the food.
Diners [...]
One of my favourite chefs, Luke Dale-Roberts, is coming round for Christmas.
Well, not literally, but the next best thing, his food, is.
That’s because he has created a Christmas range for Woolworths – chutneys, relishes, dressings, pestos; lamb, salmon & sausage, gammon belly, pudding and so on.
Now this is the kind of thing I love – supermarkets [...]
We are pleased and delighted to announce the inaugural Fleur du Cap Top 100 Places to Eat Cape Town 2011.
This is the first time that there has been a focus on Cape Town and the peninsula, and also a first time for the focus to be on all the places that people love to eat in, [...]
Posted in Competitions, Niblets. Tags: 95 keerom, a tavola, anatoli's, anna trapido, aubergine, azure, bebe rose, bianca coleman, bibi's kitchen, biesmillah, birds cafe and eatery, bistro sixteen 82, bizerca, bombay brasserie, brad ball, buitenverwachting, c'est la vie, cafe paradiso, cafe roux, cafe zorina, Caffe Milano, caffeen, cape town, carne, casa labia, cassis, catharina's, clare mack, dash, Dear Me, duchess of wisbeach, eric bulpitt, field office, fleur du cap top 100 places to eat cape town 2011, franck dangereux, french toast tapas and wine bar, giorgio nava, harald bresselschmidt, Hemelhuijs, hooman saffarian, jack black's beer, jason lilley, jasons, jos baker, la boeheme, la colombe, la mouette, laurent deslandes, luke dale roberts, magica roma, massimo's, millers thumb, mount nelson hotel, nobu, olympia cafe, One and Only, papa san, peter templehoff, planet restaurant, queen of tarts, rotisserie 360, san pelegrino top 50, san pellegrino, sloppy sam's, societi bistro, stefan marais, Takumi, the 12 apostles, the foodbarn, the greenhouse, the roundhouse, theresa beukes, tna bester, top 100 places to eat, Vanessa Marx 17 Comments read more »
The Sunday Times is launching a new supplement format this weekend.
In addition to the main newspaper, there will be four main supplements – Food Weekly, Travel Weekly, Home Weekly and finally, Lifestyle.
The Lifestyle section is as per the previous one, (minus the interiors, food and travel) and will feature items about the arts, literature, films [...]
July 28th.
Luke has changed his mind.
He says; “After careful consideration I have decided to not to pursue a new restaurant opening in the southern suburbs later this year. I am keen to keep my eye on the ball and I have decided to focus completely on the Test Kitchen in the Biscuit Mill for the [...]
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If there is a Holy Trinity it was represented yesterday in The Test Kitchen by Eben Sadie and his wines, Adi Badenhorst and his, and finally Luke Dale-Roberts who linked all three into a food and wine experience that has to be one of the best available, anywhere.
At R850 for 8 courses of food and wine [...]
Cathy Marston has decided to run her popular wine appreciation classes again and will start a 6 week course on March 22nd.
The courses will run in the newly opened Wine at the Mill premises, which are located in the Biscuit Mill opposite Luke Dale Roberts Test Kitchen.
The classes will be, Cathy tells me, informal, enjoyable and aimed at enthusiastic [...]
I like it when a publication that I know well steps outside of the box and does something unusual and different.
I associate House and Leisure with being an interior and lifestyle magazine – and usually get my fix of the best South Africa has to offer via its beautifully styled, well written and presented pages.
They [...]
It’s a daunting task to be the first person to taste Luke Dale Roberts food at his new venture, The Test Kitchen, and then to write a review.
But here goes; Semi cured Franschhoek trout fillet, liquorice braised beetroot, fennel, lime pure and fromage blanc. Simple, earthy, exquisite.
Cold beetroot, mousse green apple, lime zest, puff pastry [...]
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A guy like Luke Dale Roberts will not stand still.
Having relinquished the Executive Chef reins at La Colombe, a restaurant he brought to No.12 in the world, it was just a question of time before his talents found new ways to express themselves.
Now he has decided to announce his new venture.
In an exclusive interview with [...]
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