Newcastle 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 NSW

15

Leaders

cooking to create change

$48,055

Raised

towards our $150,000 goal

96,110

Meals

to feed people in need

Our Chefs

Thank you to our sponsors

$5k

Port Waratah Coal Services

Good luck in the kitchen Hennie! Enjoy your first ever CEO Cook Off.

$5k

Westrac

$3k

Pittman Building Services

$2.5k

The Bloomfield Group Foundation

Good luck with the cook-off Brett

$2.5k

Anonymous

Goodluck in the cook off Adrian! What a great cause.

$1.7k

An Apple A Day Raffle

$1.04k

Nineteen

$1.04k

Cream Cattle Co

Hi Brett. Great cause glad to be able to help. Hope it goes well.

$1.04k

Desert City

Well done Erin! Great cause!

$1.04k

Gts Constructions

Fantastic cause, well done Brett..

$540

Wayne Seabrook

Perhaps do your signature dish "takeaway"?

$540

Anonymous

$540

Cassandra Kavanagh

$540

J&b Metals

Fantastic abdel wishing you all the best!

$540

Erin Robson

Alright, Lets get this started! Kicking things off with $500 of our own - lets see how far we can take this together :) Lets's Gooooo!

$516

Anonymous

$500

Blue Seas Food Services

Thanks for putting time into a great charity event, good luck with it all !

$500

Ccg <3

GO CASSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

$500

Stevens Group

A great cause, and good to see you back on the pans.

$500

Anonymous

$323

Voco Kirkton Park Hunter Valley

$323

Quarry Mining & Construction Equipment Pty Ltd

$300

Kindred Accounting

Good luck Garry!

$269

Anonymous

$269

Melissa Payne

Good luck. Great charity

$269

Diane Loong

$269

Peter Kirby

We look forward to hearing about your culinary achievements.

$269

Steph & Andrew Arthur

$269

Scott Walkom

Great work Brett

$269

Purple Apple Australia

$269

Peachy Greengrocer

$269

Strategic Group

Great work Sam

$263

Empowerment Care Services

Go Erin!

$250

Norah St George

If Susan is providing intensive coaching, you should win. Good cause. Well done.

$250

Norah St George

Good cause, Hennie. Good luck.

$250

Tony Rhodes

Chef too? I hope you cook as well as you golf Hennie

$250

Abigail Bonsu

Go Erin!

$250

Compton Insurance

Go Cass....great cause!

$250

Phil And Victoria Tait

Allez Robert

$217

Sam Martin

Congratulation on your contribution to an amazing cause Adrian. Channel that inner IRON Chef....

$217

Nathan Lange - Frankly Wines

Good luck on the cook off mate!

$217

Anonymous

$217

Anonymous

$200

Patrick Cooper

Good on you Brett!

$163

Thomas Holz

$163

L. Sheps

$163

Abbey Dockrill

Go Cass!!! Xxx

$162

Jenkins Legal & Advisory

From Micah, Louise and Jenkins Legal & Advisory team

$150

Tina Siderovski

$108

Bikash Tharu

Let’s go Abdel, together we can make difference.

$107

Tony Joseph Wassaf

Very happy to support this good cause. Well done Brett

$107

Christopher Murray

Best wishes for the cook off Adrian and well done for supporting a good cause.

$107

Paul Harrop

Very worthwhile cause - well done buddy

$107

Bob Meers

Good Work Abdel

$107

Tracie

🧑‍🍳👌💵👏

$107

Bigginscott Central Victoria

Well done Abdel! Great effort for a great cause!

$107

John Ward

Well done Michelle

$107

Jennifer Leslie

Best of luck with your CookOFF Michelle. You are amazing!!

$107

Encore Whs Consultancy

A worth care - a fantastic from your biggest fans Helen Topp and Gary Parker

$107

Sally Molines

$107

Blair Athol Estate Wollombi

Cook up a storm lovely Man.

$107

Anonymous

$107

Emma Wells

Just try and remember the difference between sear and sauté !!

$107

Chappo

Great job Ange, Chappo

$107

Yvonne&ron Morgan

$107

Sally

$107

Louise Whittaker

Fantastic well done Sis 💚

$107

Bronwyn Freihaut

Well done Robert. This is a wonderful thing to do. Steve & Bron

$107

Mccaffrey’s Estate

Well done Abdel, wonderful cause. Enjoy the day!

$107

Don And Tammy Hubbard

Good on you Robert !

$107

Fiona Griffiths

Excellent cause Robert well done.

$107

Elisa Mansfield

What an amazing cause and you’re an absolute legend Erin 🙌🏼🙌🏼

$107

Rod & Sandra Kempe

$107

Peter D

Great cause Ang

$107

New Era Technology

$107

Sian Allen

Let’s go Erin!

$107

Luke Rutledge

$107

Peter Macadam

Great cause Ange

$107

Stay N’ Sip

Good on you for helping! Inspiring others as usual. 👍🏻

$107

The Injectables Queen

Well done E x

$107

Kara Jeffree

It's such a worthwhile cause and I'm happy to be able to contribute this way. All the best in reaching your goal.

$107

James Goode

$107

Tracie Auld

$107

Michelle Clarke

Wonderful cause, Ang. Well done!

$107

Jess Mcenallay-hall

This donation has been made by QCC on behalf of Jess McEnallay-Hall

$107

Anthony Merlo

$107

Rachel Everett

Didlee you will “rock” that kitchen !!!

$107

Roisin Beddall

We've been lucky to enjoy so many great meals with you Di, good luck with the CookOff. Roisin & Jason x

$107

Tom, Georgie And Clairy Plenty

Great cause

$107

Will Rykers

Well done. A great cause.

$107

Jack Richards

Awesome stuff mate !

$107

Anonymous

$107

Kerry Johnson

$107

Sarah Hampson

Go Chef Ange!!

$107

Cristian Gray

$107

Rochelle

$107

Emily Lam

Woohoo! Let’s go Ang!

$107

Michael Cowdrill

Great cause Abdel - good luck for a strong result!

$107

Andrew Hull

Great job Mate ! Great cause.

$106

Glen Brown

Good luck in the Kitchen!

$104

Mark Weeden

$100

# 2

$100

Gavin Burke

Little Chef!

$100

Luke Murray

Nice work Brett!

$100

Ashlee Harper

For the best cook and biggest foodie I’ve ever met — seemed only fair to put my money where the mouth is. You're the best, love ya xx

$100

Rob Flanagan

Awesome mate :)

$100

Kylie Newton

Well done Adrian. Fantastic cause - you're doing us proud :)

$100

Libby Christmas

Go sous chef!

$100

Betty P

$56

Anonymous

$56

Gemma C

Goodluck everyone

$56

Susan Fuller

Very happy to support you in the CEO CookOff Sam! I'm a massive fan of everything OzHarvest does.

$56

Maria Florencia Del Duca

$56

Clare Edwards

Great initiative Sam!

$56

Vivienne Gambrill

Good luck with the cook off Michelle.

$56

Anonymous

$56

Anonymous

$56

Gaewyn

Robert, it’s wonderful you and other Chefs are providing meals to people of the Hunter Valley. A great cause for those in need.

$56

Kimberley Morgan

Go you, my beautiful friend 🥰

$56

Josh Lawlor

You got this! 💃🏻

$56

Cormac O'byrne

Great to see!

$56

Jody

$56

Renata, Neil & Jackson

Congratulations on doing another great event for a good cause. Enjoy the CookOff!

$56

Xue Wang

All the best with the event!

$56

Cameron Brandt

$56

Michael Christmas

Let her cook!

$56

Sam Russell

Go Di! What a wonderful cause

$56

Helen Frost

Such a wonderful cause!

$56

Lisa Jamieson

GET IT ✨️✨️

$56

Amanda Macgregor

Good work Dicey X

$56

Caitlin Marks

Great work Garry!

$56

Alicia Stallard

You are amazing Ange! Such a great cause to support!

$56

Leonie Wheeler

Well done Cass for supporting this amazing, very needed charity, helping a very deserving part of our community.

$56

Julie Harris

Have fun in the CookOff.

$56

Katrina

You are not only a beautiful humanitarian you inspire others to be their best version of themselves xo

$56

Joel Fitzgibbon

Good on you mate. You’re a legend. Great cause.

$56

Hilary Chapman

Love your work Ange!

$56

Jane Morgan

Legendary

$56

Wendy Upjohn

Great initiative Shereen!

$56

Rob Risteski

You’re the best Gaz. We love what you are doing. Hope you make it too $5k

$56

Sonja

Great cause & great effort Garry! Well done

$56

Debbie Cook

A wonderful charity to support Robert !

$56

Kristina S

Great work!

$56

Richard Mackay

Exceptional restaurant, Exceptional chef

$56

Marisa Wilson

$56

Paula Rowlett

Go Sam ❤

$56

Stanford

I can attest to your Irish Stew… go you!

$56

Anonymous

It's great to see you participate in such a great cause.👏👏❤️ Have fun.😀 Barbara and Ross

$56

Lisa Molvig

Best wishes for a worthy cause

$56

Andrew Darjani

Please send me the advance copy of your cook book Chef Ewong!

$56

Leo Luu

Let's show them what you got, boss!

$56

Mark Yazbeck

$56

Daniela Raz

Well done

$56

Simona & Mario Kondosorov

Good luck Garry

$56

Bay Coaching

Go you good thing!

$56

Abdallah El-ghozze

If you take orders , I would like a nice Lamb Tagine.

$56

Eva Zheng

Ewong, you are truly an all-rounder.(Liu Bian Xin Zhai Shi). :)

$56

Tony Skippen

Nice work Garry, great cause. Well done

$56

Col

Good luck Adrian!! So proud you are doing this on behalf of WesTrac supporting those in need.

$56

John Hamilton

Well done Robert

$56

Glenys Mulholland

I love causes that help people in need in our local community.

$56

Richard Hardy

Great stuff Cassandra!

$56

Jill Watson

Go Garry such a fantastic thing you are doing

$56

Jonathan Anschau

$56

Wendy Finlay

Great cause

$56

Donna Lidbury

$56

Hunter Diabetes Centre

$56

Vinni` Morena

ALL THE VERY BEST :-)

$56

Antonia Harris

Ange for #1

$56

Ashore Legal

$56

Aeon Wines

Great cause mate, well done 💪🏼

$56

Ali-jae Sweeney

$56

Michelle Faithfull

$56

Kevin Buckley

$56

Zoran Drogriski

Ale..well done Abdele..

$55

Dean Bell

$55

Ethan Coates

$55

Annette Hannam

You’re amazing!

$50

Bartholomew Kacev

Great work by great people! God bless you all!

$50

Bold Legal & Advisory

$50

Kevin Perdigues

Vas-y Abdel!

$50

John Preece

Great cause Cass!

$50

Alex Rogers

Well done Gaz! Amazing cause by an amazing person!!

$50

Katy Davies

Worthy cause, good luck with the cook off!

$50

Jack & Jess

We are proud of you as always!

$50

Sebastian Kavanagh

Go Mum

$50

Karen O'neill

Go Erin 💝💃🧑‍🍳 🥘

$50

Valentina

It’s always a nice change to put the boss on the tools. Good luck. Great cause!

$50

Tina Rong

To a good person for a good cause

$50

Capari Concrete Pty Ltd

Well done, mate! You always find the time to give back and support the community, all while running your own businesses and being a great dad to your family. Hats off to you — keep doing what you’re doing and go get ’em! 👏💪

$50

R H

$50

Clean Co. Hunter Valley

Great cause, Great effort. Happy to support.

$50

Anonymous

$41

Evelyn Murray

$40

Yuping

$40

Linda Davis

Go Ange!

$36

Rachel S

Good luck in the kitchen Shereen! Enjoy your first ever CEO Cook Off

$34

Jordy Hubbard

You go this gurl 💪

$34

Mehdi Bennani

Enjoy mate

$34

Leanne Chalmers

$34

Mel Driscoll

Michelle you are the biggest superstar. The amount of lives you've help change and save would be phenomenal. Jessica would be so proud of her mummy xo

$30

Kitty Gong

$29

Kimberley Creek

Thank you for what you do in our local community! It was such a great event. Congratulations to the CEOs and chefs and Oz Harvest for hosting!

$29

Glenys Bullen

Very worthwhile cause Angela enjoy the experience

$29

Marie Long

A wonderful cause supported by beautiful Ange.

$29

Cherine Smith

How lucky and grateful will they be to getting food cooked by Robert Molines, such a kind gesture.

$29

Subas Shrestha

Best of luck!

$29

Cheryl Hill

I've shared your participation hoping it helps tp prompt more people to donate. 🙏 Bonne chance min ami.

$29

Sharmini

$29

Bree Mills

Go Samfi! So proud of you x

$25

Lilian Wasik

$24

Linda Tarrant

$24

Teresa H

$24

Will Bradford

$24

Vicki & Tony Cosentino

Michelle YOU ARE Amazing 💛

$24

Tarra

What a great cause Di, well done!

$24

Bernadette Girlich

$24

Stephanie Deans

Well done Ange!

$24

Tom Hubbard

Amazing work as always Robert

$24

Layla Hobbs

$24

Louise Cook

$24

Jules

Chef’s kiss Shell! 👩‍🍳

$24

Luke Bozic

You are one amazing inspirational person Michelle. Thanks for all you do

$24

Norm Chapman

$24

Scott Holmes

$24

Jo Mo

$24

Kyle Stevens

$12

Mel B

$12

Julie Walker

$12

Jayden Long

$12

Lewis Mcintosh

Legend!

$6

Anonymous

Keep up the good work!

$6

Anonymous

$6

Nic

Did what i could :)

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