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when you’re not the man himself. But Tyron Gentry is taking an impressive stab at it as head chef of The Test Kitchen Carbon in Rosebank, where the multi-award-winning Dale Roberts opened the latest addition to his stable in March this year. “This is not a carbon copy of The Test Kitchen in Cape Town,” Tyron emphasises, without irony. But it is certainly true of this new foray into the City of Gold; it is no reincarnation. For Luke, opening in Johannesburg came about organically. The pandemic changed the dining landscape in Cape Town, resulting in the closure of The Shortmarket Club, for one. And when Tyron told Luke he was moving to Joburg after his wife, Candice, was offered a job there, Luke decided the time to do
