Brisbane CookOff

CEO CookOff 2026

We're helping to feed people in need!

We're taking part in OzHarvest's CEO CookOff this October to cook meals and raise crucial funds to feed people in need in our local communities.

With the cost of living increasing, the demand for food relief in Australia is at an all-time high as people struggle to make ends meet.

We're teaming up with Australia's most talented chefs, and other CEOs and leaders to reduce food waste and make a difference to Australia’s most vulnerable.

Every $1 donated to OzHarvest means they can deliver 2 meals to those in need

Every donation counts, so please sponsor our team to cook, connect and create change to help those doing it tough

Our Impact to feed people in QLD

22

Leaders

cooking to create change

$69,473

Raised

towards our $220,000 goal

138,947

Meals

to feed people in need

Our Chefs

Our Leaders

1st

Richard Gorman

Chief Executive Officer

Kalfresh Pty Ltd

Raised so far:

$14,734

2nd

Avraam Solomon

Managing Director

Eurocold

Raised so far:

$12,807

3rd

Tom Johns

Director of Sales and Services

Auto & General

Raised so far:

$11,410

Stephen Jewell

Managing Director

Australian Money Market Pty Ltd

Raised so far:

$10,040

Surjit Singh

Director

Australian Fashion Federation

Raised so far:

$2,603

Mark Carter

Managing Director

Cooler Pty Ltd

Raised so far:

$2,252

Don

CEO

Solidteknics

Raised so far:

$2,196

Randike Gajanayake

Chief Technology Officer

Brighter Super

Raised so far:

$2,172

Charmaine Saw

Principal

UMAMU Estate

Raised so far:

$2,130

Kylie Blucher

Managing Director - Queensland

Nine

Raised so far:

$1,991

Tim Rawlings

Chief Executive Officer

TAFE QUEENSLAND

Raised so far:

$1,964

Mitch Proestos

Managing Director

The Australian Brisketboard

Raised so far:

$1,281

Lara Smith

Co-Founder & Creative Operations

D8 Australia Pty Ltd

Raised so far:

$898

Hassan Fayyaz

Founder

Rallys Tour and Transfers

Raised so far:

$750

Shika Finnemore

Founder Director

Eat Aussie

Raised so far:

$727

Michaela Windsor

State Manager - Queensland

OzHarvest

Raised so far:

$431

Andrew McKenzie

Chief Executive Officer

Scully RSV

Raised so far:

$346

Marguerite Fitzgerald

Chief Strategic and Optimisation Officer

Brisbane Organising Committee for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games

Raised so far:

$269

Kimberly Randle

CEO

Fair Supply Analytics

Raised so far:

$205

Ryan Rosenlund

CTO

Rosenlund

Sharon Wright

General Manager

Noosa Landcare

Cameron Steindl

General Manager QLD

Higgins Coatings

Thank you to our sponsors

$10k

Stuart Fraser

$10k

Auto & General Holdings Pty Ltd

$5.04k

Dhollandia

$5.04k

Peter & Lynelle Lockhart

$5k

Stephen Jewell

$2.04k

Wade Burridge

Let him cook

$1.04k

Shadforths Civil Pty Ltd

Great initiative!

$1.04k

R . Wilson

Great job

$1.04k

Richard Eyre

Well done Avraam in supporting such a worth cause.

$1.04k

Anonymous

Such a great cause! Happy Cooking Charmaine !

$1.04k

Surjit Singh

$1.02k

Sci-fleet Hino

Well done mate. As Min Woo says “Let it cook@

$728

Iqrenew

Great cause, Well done OzHarvest, TAFE Queensland and all the very best for the CookOff Tim.

$590

David Webster

Helping you helping the many

$581

Michael Fish

Correct.This is a competition.

$540

Anonymous

$540

New West Foods

Wishing you success!

$540

Computer One

$540

Value Added Meats

$540

Kuljit Singh

Fabulous work! Keep it up 👏🏻🙏🏻😊

$540

Chika

Go Richie!!!

$540

The Australian Brisket Board

$540

Randike Gajanayake

$540

Solidteknics Pty Ltd

Great cause! GO DONNA!!!

$540

Ed & Gen Windley

Can't wait to hear how it goes — good luck Chef. 🍳

$516

Yury Shar

$500

Anthony + Hanh

Good Luck Richard

$500

Only Sales Limited

$500

Tracey Loke-hassell

Well done C xx

$500

Alice Alex James

Go Rich.

$500

Anonymous

$500

Anonymous

$500

Gwinganna Retreat & Spa

$500

Justin And Catherine

Good on ya mate.

$400

Michael Di Veroli

$269

Tim Sayer

$269

Anonymous

$269

Arthur Morfoulis

well done Avraam

$269

The Fish Factory

Great cause mate

$269

Mark Beecroft

Go Snakes!

$269

Deepak Rajan

Such a lovely thing you’re doing here x

$269

Nr Logistics

Great cause Avraam, well done!

$269

Anonymous

$269

James Goth

$269

Streamline Logistics Pty Ltd Phoenix Express - 14 Years

Supporting Mark at Cooler Bodybuilders Rocklea

$269

Anonymous

$269

Australian Steak Company

Go for Gold Mitch! Sirloin steak for the win🔥

$250

Clayton Nel

$250

Anonymous

$250

Royal Foods

$250

Dll

We are proud to support you and the Eurocold team in the CEO CookOff for OzHarvest. Thank you for making a difference in our community. Cheers, Steve and the DLL team.

$212

Olga Koff

$119

Wonder Wall Pty Ltd

Good luck

$107

Annie R

Go girl!!!

$107

Chris Oey

$107

Umamu Estate

$107

Kathirgamar Sriskandarajah

Good work, keep it up

$107

Alexandra Falk

$107

Anonymous

$107

Mike & Lynne

Nice work. Enjoy it. Hope all is well.

$107

Scotty

Good luck Char

$107

Steve Douglas

$107

Robert Smith

$107

Ash Wright

Great cause Tom, good luck

$107

Jason Roulston

Go Tom Johns ❤️

$107

Angela Ryan

Go Tommy!!!

$107

Tj

LET'S GOOOOOO

$107

Anonymous

$107

Lucy Ward

$107

Lilanthi Akki

Great work Randike!

$107

Yoga

Well done

$107

Anonymous

Great cause - well done 👏

$107

Nimal Gajanayake

$107

Carl Dittloff

How come you never cook for us!

$107

Ramya Gajanayake

$107

Johan Holmstrom

$107

Kimberly Randle

$107

Anonymous

$107

Andy Howlett

Good one Donna, great cause. Cook up a storm

$107

Elizabeth Croft

$107

Kris Polson

Great work Richard. Have fun at the cookoff.

$107

Sim Caraoutzadis

Cook up a storm

$107

George Eftos

$107

Colin Brady

How’s your Mary

$107

Viv Grayson

Well done on your efforts Tim and hope you reach your fundraising goal.

$107

Warren Leppan

Great cause! Good luck 🔥

$107

Brooke Nance

Good luck Richard and great to be supporting such a good cause! Living and breathing the Kalfresh values :-)

$107

Gordon Ramsay ;)

$106

Marc Sax

Good Cause Well Dine

$104

Tom Noye

Great work Avraam

$100

Loz & Michael Stambouli

Lucky you’re a great cook! Love you

$100

Craig Donaldson

Great cause Johnsee, well done. Just remember, the smoke alarm isn’t a timer! =P

$100

Kasun Samarasinghe

$100

Rebecca Lawrie

Nice work KB!!

$70

Anonymous

carpe diem

$67

Carrie Lowe

Nice work Kylie! x

$60

Bhaskar Gunti

Keep up the good work for the social cause, Randike. Wish you the best!

$56

Karynn Ansell

Go cook up a storm

$56

Sanji 💕

$56

Chula Goonasekera

Excellent initiative

$56

Lauren Bader

You’ve got this Lara! Super proud of you

$56

Suzie Howe

Just a wee donation poppet

$56

Gordon

Great cause Randike! Don't use too much chilli :)

$56

James Young

Hope you're cooking haggis and black pudding

$56

Greg Newman

Good luck Spunk

$56

Megan Kair

Such a great cause to support Kylie

$56

Natasha Zoller

You are doing amazing things!

$56

Chiu Chan

$56

Michael Goodhew

Good on you Kylie!

$56

Sinne Anson

Good job Shika.❤️

$56

Shirlee Broughton

This is such a meaningful way to show human decency at a time when a simple meal is becoming a luxury. Thankyou!

$56

Jess Avetisoff

$56

Sam Frearson Tubito

Greta cause!! Good luck!!

$56

Bec Casey-ryan

Good on you Kylie!

$56

Ray Thurling

$56

Jody Barr

Nice work mate

$56

Clare Stokes

$56

Lou Bezzina

You are amazing xx

$56

George Anderson

Tim, such a great cause! Best of luck for the OzHarvest CEO Cook-Off! 👨‍🍳🔥 Stay calm, have fun and enjoy the challenge 🥘

$56

Scott Paine

Super proud of you!

$56

Reeves

Get out in that kitchen and rattle those pots and pans 🤣😂

$56

Petty Heather

Best of luck Randi!

$56

Kylie Black

$56

Angela Baro

Good luck Tom.

$56

Alice Lane

Love to see this Tom! Good luck for the Cook Off.

$56

Connection Central Pty Ltd

Well done Mark!!

$56

Ben

$56

Danushi Gajanayake

$56

Megan Horosko

Great initiative Tim!

$56

Ob

Great work KB

$56

Chris Mcwilliam

$56

Steve Gates

$56

Kurt Hogan

$56

Colleen Hope

Tim congratulations on being so community minded. Full support from the board.

$56

Nicola Jelbart

Well done to you. Have a fun time. Can't wait to see what you cook!

$56

Domenico Rosina

Well done Andrew, great cause

$56

Kirat Chand

$56

Dave Elkin

Great Cause Tim,

$56

Rhiannon Senior

Go mum!! Xx

$56

Paul Cunningham

Great initiative and a very worthwhile cause. Good on you.

$56

Steve Taber

Well done 👏👏

$56

Damien Webb

Go gettem, Randike

$56

Jen Mitchell

I’m so glad to see you supporting OzHarvest.

$56

Thomas Dang

Amazing cause mate!

$56

Taris Cox

$56

Nic Rait

$56

Anonymous

$56

Ratan Das

Great initiative.

$56

Hayley Mark

Go Mitch 🙌

$56

Lauren Orr

$56

Renee Davidson

A great cause!

$56

Adam Schuster

Awesome work mate!

$56

Botham And Sons Pty Ltd

Good cause Go sister

$56

Maggie Finnemore

Well done Shika. This is a fantastic cause!

$55

Sarah O’neill

$55

Vid Sagar

Thanks

$55

Gayle Graham

$55

Josh Hartley

Absolutely love this Randike - great cause!

$55

Saumya Udagedara

$55

Jason Russo

$50

Jess O'shea

YES CHEF!!!! Love this Lara! Have fun xx

$50

Dit Sang Lee

$50

Paul Marzella

$50

Ross Giudice

All the best Tim

$50

Anirudh Rayavarapu

$50

Tom Norris

Nice work, Tim! Great cause. What’s on the menu?!

$45

Mani

$43

Mandy Yu

$40

Anna Chugh

Great cause! Wishing all the best for the Cook Off.

$34

Anonymous

$34

Kim Ravaneschi

Well done Lara for taking part in raising money for a great cause!

$34

Cld Fabrication

Good luck mate!

$30

Anonymous

$30

David Harradine

$29

The Grampe’s

Go Shika!

$29

Maria Nguyen

Woopwoop go Shika 🤩🤩

$29

Anonymous

$29

Maree Klein

What a great cause.

$29

Susanne Miller

I am donating to 1. Stop food waste and hunger and 2. Stop Tom crying

$29

Michelle Walker

$29

Charles Zammit

Good Luck Mark, what a great cause. All the best.

$29

Mark Pankhurst

Well done Randike. Great effort for a great cause.

$24

Kristy Springer

$24

Angel

$24

Jack Hancock

$24

Melissa Hogg

$24

Sophie Williamson

Go Don!

$24

Vicki Anne

$24

Janita Valentine

$24

Carrie Waters

$24

Caroline Lovett

Good luck Mark, a great way to raise money for a good cause!

$24

Carolina Marsden

$24

Danial Binnie

$24

Nathan Boulding

$24

Vicki Martin

Well done Mark!

$24

Liz Jeffrey

Good luck Tim . Hope your culinary effort is edible 😀

$24

Lyndal Carter

Great work, Tim!

$24

Carly Hessen

$24

Steph Miller

$24

Suzanne Johns

$12

Lachlan Miller

Oz Harvest is a wonderful organisation. Helping those in need.

$12

Suganthini Raveenthiran

$10

Marion Wilson

$6

Makayla O’neill

💛💛

$5

Anonymous

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