{"id":208509,"date":"2020-10-21T11:54:10","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T09:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/?p=208509"},"modified":"2020-11-02T10:49:41","modified_gmt":"2020-11-02T08:49:41","slug":"the-test-kitchen-and-the-foodbarn-restaurants-transformed-to-cope-with-aftermath-of-covid-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/the-test-kitchen-and-the-foodbarn-restaurants-transformed-to-cope-with-aftermath-of-covid-lockdown\/","title":{"rendered":"The Test Kitchen and The Foodbarn Restaurants transformed to cope with aftermath of Covid Lockdown!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"The Covid-19 pandemic has affected every person and business, and restaurants and their owners have not been excluded from its impact. \u00a0One of our country\u2019s top restaurants, The Test Kitchen in Woodstock, as well as The Foodbarn in Noordhoek, have transformed themselves in their offering, even going so far as to change their restaurant names. These are two restaurants which have reacted to the effects of the Corona Lockdown of the past six months. <\/p>\n

The Test Kitchen Origins<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

The Test Kitchen, owned by Chef Luke Dale Roberts, opened ten years ago, and has been our country\u2019s number one restaurant for six years, and number two ranked restaurant for the past two years. During the earlier part of Lockdown, Chef Luke entered the Home Delivery market, something one would not have ever expected, after he ran out of steam of doing his amateurish Home-Cooking videos during Lockdown.<\/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