{"id":206031,"date":"2020-05-27T13:06:11","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T11:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/?p=206031"},"modified":"2020-06-01T11:15:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T09:15:00","slug":"corona-virus-lockdown-increasing-number-of-eat-out-top-10-restaurants-offering-home-food-delivery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/corona-virus-lockdown-increasing-number-of-eat-out-top-10-restaurants-offering-home-food-delivery\/","title":{"rendered":"Corona Virus Lockdown: Increasing number of Eat Out Top 10 Restaurants offering Home Food Delivery!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"South Africa is two months into Lockdown, 62 days of restaurants not being allowed to open to serve sit-down customers. For the past 27 days many restaurants have reopened, operating within the Government regulation of offering a Food preparation and Delivery Service. On the eve of Restaurants being allowed to offer a Delivery as well as a Customer Collection Service from Monday 1 June, I looked at what the 2019 Eat Out Top 10 Restaurants are doing currently in terms of keeping their Restaurant brand names visible, and generating income to cover their costs and to employ some of their staff again.<\/p>\n

I found that only three of the Eat Out Top 10 Restaurants are trading under their restaurant name in offering a Lockdown Food Delivery Service, and offering dishes that are similar to those that they offer at their award-winning restaurants. <\/p>\n

The Restaurants below are listed by their 2019 Eat Out Top 10 ranking, with their Lockdown Food Delivery Offering summarised, if offered by the restaurants.<\/p>\n

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1. La Colombe<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

A very late starter, La Colombe announced on Monday that it was offering a \u2018La Colombe \"\"Dine-In Experience\u2019, offering nine courses, \u2018specially developed by our team to be enjoyed in the comfort of your home\u2019<\/i>. The dinner costs R750 per person, and courses include the famous Tuna Tin, foie gras, yellowtail, Karoo lamb, a palate cleanser, dessert, cheese, and an after-dinner After Eight Coffee macaron. Delivery is charged at R75, within a 12 km radius of central Constantia, seven days a week, between 16h00 – 19h00.<\/p>\n

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2. \u00a0The Test Kitchen<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

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Chef Luke Dale Roberts began Lockdown with home video cooking demonstrations, before moving to offer three Gourmet Hampers, branding the service as The LDR Group, at R1500, R3000, and R5000. His Shortmarket Club and The Commissary have closed down for good, The Pot Luck Cub entered the Food Delivery market last week with very boring and bland communication, and Chef Ryan Cole of Salsify at The Roundhouse has been offering a food delivery service from the outset as Essentials by Ryan Cole, being the first top chef to do so.<\/p>\n

The details of The LDR Group offering follow below:<\/p>\n

Corona Virus Lockdown: Chef Luke Dale Roberts enters Food Delivery market, with very high-end up to R5000 Gourmet Hampers!<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n