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At the beginning of April 2021, a new restaurant quietly opened at 88 Shortmarket Street, Cape Town, called TTK Fledgelings. But it’s no ordinary restaurant.
Oh you’ll be welcomed and served professionally, and you’ll get amazing food – at really reasonable prices too. What sets this place apart from the rest is that it is a hands-on training ground for people who are willing to work hard and learn hard for a potential future in the hospitality industry, gaining their knowledge from experts and professionals in the business, all while earning a salary.
Sandalene Dale-Roberts. (Photo: Bianca Coleman)
TTK stands for The Test Kitchen, the famous restaurant at the Old Biscuit Mill in Salt River, created and run by Luke Dale-Roberts; Fledgelings occupies the space that was formerly Shortmarket Grill (another restaurant in the group along with Pot Luck Club), and is the realisation of a years-long desire of Sandalene Dale-Roberts to open a skills school. It was born not of Co