Event details
Event: Perth CEO CookOff
Date: Thursday, 16 October 2025
Time: 3:30pm - 9:30pm
Location: Perth City Farm - 1 City Farm Pl, East Perth WA 6004
Join us in Perth!
The CEO CookOff® will come to life with celebrity chefs Colin Fassnidge and Miguel Maestre as they fly in for one night only, bringing the magic to Perth City Farm for WA based business leaders to cook, connect and create change!
This is a powerful leadership experience where CEOs swap strategy for service, teaming up with top chefs to prepare and serve a gourmet meal to special guests from charities OzHarvest supports.
This immersive evening will be filled with sizzling pans, shared stories, community spirit and real impact. As Perth City Farm hums with energy, music, and laughter (especially with Miguel and Colin in town), you’ll be part of something truly powerful — a movement that goes beyond charity, creating meaningful change through the simple but profound act of sharing a meal.
With demand for food relief higher than ever in WA, there’s never been a more important time to support our cause. To join the event, participants pledge to raise crucial funds for OzHarvest to feed people in need. Every plate served is a reminder of what’s possible when community, compassion, and leadership come together.
So, roll up your sleeves, bring your heart to the table, and help create an unforgettable night for those who need it most. All funds raised will help feed people in need in the local community.
Our Impact to feed people in Perth
20
Leaders
cooking to create change
$52,801
Raised
towards our $100,000 goal
105,602
Meals
to feed people in need
Our Chefs
Colin Fassnidge
Dublin-born chef and restaurateur, Colin Fassnidge first appeared as a guest judge on My Kitchen Rules in 2012 and has since become a full-time judge in both Australia and New Zealand. Known for his cheeky and outspoken demeanour, Colin's culinary journey began in Dublin and has taken him around the world.
Miguel Maestre OCM
Miguel Maestre OCM is one talented Spaniard who has made Sydney his home. Miguel’s passion for food and life is infectious, and he has developed a talent for incorporating Spanish ingredients and cooking styles into his Australian menus.
Blaze Young
Restaurant: Foxtrot Hospitality
Blaze Young is one of Western Australia's most dynamic culinary talents, known for her bold, produce-driven cooking and her ability to reimagine nostalgic flavours with modern flair. Originally on a path to law, Blaze's trajectory shifted when she discovered her passion for the kitchen, leading her to hone her skills at esteemed venues such as Propeller, Billie H, Lions & Tigers, Si Paradiso, and Madalena’s. As Executive Chef of Foxtrot Hospitality, Blaze now oversees the culinary programs across three of WA’s most dynamic venues: Nieuw Ruin, Edward & Ida’s, and Foxtrot Unicorn. Her leadership is marked by a fearless approach to flavour, a deep respect for local produce, and a commitment to fostering a positive kitchen culture.
Our Leaders
Martina Crowley
Managing Partner
PwC Perth
$11,902
Rachael Risucci
VP Upstream, Australia
bp Developments
$6,211
Anna Edie
General Manager - InterContinental Perth City Centre
IHG Hotels and Resorts
$5,583
Teresa Lee
Hotel Manager
Duxton Hotel Perth
$5,317
Andrew Chapman
Managing Director
Darkhorse Hospitality
$5,020
Alison Gilchrist
CEO
GFS Perth
$4,013
Ash Chibba
Founder and CEO
Street Eats Eatery
$2,500
Tony Hart
General Manager
IHG
$1,912
Deane Palmer
General Manager
Holiday Inn Perth City Centre
$1,806
Jodi Huebert
Vice President Supply Chain
INPEX
$1,094
Matt Judkins
Partner
Deloitte
$1,041
Scott Burling
Business Development Manager
Hindsight Leadership & Resilience
$1,021
Judith Barker
CEO
RFDS
$1,005
Shane Michael
General Manager
Holiday Inn West Perth
$996
KATHLEEN HIGHFIELD
Founder & CEO
Godly Women With Faith Catholic Ministry & The Glam Boss
$892
Katherine Houareau
WA Operations Manager
Waddi Group - West Coast Waddi
$564
Aisling Dempsey
Co-CEO
National Nutrition Foundation
$543
Marvin Tiebout
Founder/ Director
Snap2cook Pty Ltd
$444
Danny Rawlinson-Shelton
CEO
Kanyana Wildlife
$106
RACHAEL DAVERN
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OPERATIONS
MINDEROO FOUNDATION
$21
Thank you to our sponsors
$5.02k
Anonymous
$5.02k
Thomas Avocado
$5k
Bp Australia
$3.25k
Anonymous
$2.5k
The Barton Family Foundation
$1.6k
I-power Management Pte Ltd T/a Crowne Plaza Perth
$1.5k
Deane Palmer
$1.43k
Intercontinental Perth City Centre
$1.02k
Mimaro
$1,000
Alain Lee
$520
Sidonie Cox
$520
George Atzemis
$520
Anonymous
$520
Total Fitouts Perth South
Good Effort Mate
$520
Bill Van Der Weele
Eager to taste your new skill set Martina👍 Well done
$500
Duxton Hotel Perth
$500
The Agency - Shane Schofield
Great Work !
$400
Harry Lee & Co.
Your one of hospitality quiet achievers. Congratulations!
$264
Jayne Alexander
🫶
$264
Martina Crowley
I hope I learn some good cooking skills while supporting people in the community.
$264
Katrina
Great effort Martina. Hope you'll pass along some of your new skills.
$264
Evan Hall
$264
Ashok Joshi
Hey Ashish, this small donation is from Ashok Joshi family and Abhishek with warm regards
$264
Brodie Smith
My pleasure
$264
Tim Richards
Great cause Matt - good luck!
$264
Jacqui Joyce
$264
Indian Ocean Hotel
$264
Anonymous
$253
Holiday Inn Perth City Centre
Donations from Giving for Good Month for Holiday Inn Perth City Centre
$250
Peter Klinken
Go for it, Matt.
$250
Jodi Huebert
$250
Bhavana Jayachandra
Bhavana Manohar
$215
Ashu Chibba
$211
Eileen Dempsey
$211
Amy Lau
Great job Teresa ! All the best !!
$211
Adam Nicholson
Goodluck Mate
$203
Anonymous
$200
Owen Hickey
$200
Bradley Woods
$200
Eder & Charles Yeung
Well done Teresa. We know you can do delicious food. Great action for great cause.
$200
Hawaiian
We’re proud to support you in this year’s OzHarvest CEO CookOff. Your commitment to making a difference through food and community is truly inspiring. Thank you for leading with heart and purpose — we’re cheering you on every step of the way!
$174
Right2u Couriers
Great work. Hope you reach your goal👍
$158
Anonymous
$158
Mario Rosario
Need more people like you around.
$150
Shyane Stephen
$127
Deddy Suryana
$106
Margaret And Mick Porter
$106
Alex Carle
$106
Justin Wilson
A great cause making a real difference.
$106
Gavin Bennett
$106
Craig Andrew
Good luck and I hope it’s a great menu!
$106
Michelle Fyfe
$106
Will Hall
Well done Rachael and best wishes for a great cause
$106
Abhichandra
Bhavana extorted from me
$106
James Kwik
$106
Will Robinson
Well done Martina! You rock!
$106
Monica Choo-catchick
Go Martina! This is such a great cause!
$106
Australian Visa Professionals
$106
Jamie Townsend
$106
Lw
Great Cause
$106
Kerry Boyd
$106
Philip Lamb
$106
Kb
Way to go Martina. You'll do amazingly well!
$106
Shirley Hardy
Bless you Alison, Wonderful what you are doing. Love Shirley xx
$106
Anonymous
$106
Riaz Mahmood
$106
Dario Strittmatter
$106
Trinh Tran
Thanks Rach!
$106
Tricia Cotton
$106
Brad Wira
$106
Danny Rawlinson-shelton
$106
Steve Ovenden
Great work Jodi, good luck with your goal!
$106
Sandra Kent
Fantastic effort Martina - you rock!
$106
Nomusa Ngwenya
Good luck Jodie. Enjoy the cook off.
$106
Janid
$106
Penny Walsh
Go you good thing!
$106
Yuko Tokunaga
Thank you for your support and good luck Jodi!
$106
Ailín D.
Great cause, Martina. Loving your work.
$106
Angela Wong
$106
Foung Tan
$106
Anonymous
$106
Jerry Fraser
Love your work 🙏🦪
$106
Desiree Elliott
What a great cause, all the best!
$106
Anna Edie
$106
Aisling Dempsey
$106
Ash Chibba
$106
Craig Drummond
$106
Shirley Hardy
Believe that you will reach your target. Abundant blessing Shirley xx
$106
Laura B
Nice work.
$106
Jo Ludlow
Hey Teresa, a great initiative to get involved in. I am thrilled to contribute. Go Teresa! xx💕
$106
Chris Judkins
Good luck to whoever has to eat Matts cooking. At least it's for a very good cause!!! Great work OzHarvest :-)
$106
Raj
Great job Teresa
$106
Christine Cotter
Hi Mar, I know you will put your heart into this like everything else you do so proud 👏 💗
$106
Alex Cheah
Fantastic Start! Here’s to a good cause.
$106
Paul Hennessy
Well done Martina.
$106
Max & Anastasia
Legend
$106
Shoba Gunasekaran
$106
Danielle Elmer
Well done Mrs Lee
$106
Marvin Tiebout
$106
Margaret Sheedy
Good luck Alison and bless you for the light you bring in bro the world.
$106
Amy Burch
$106
James Donaldson
$106
Winsome Richards
$106
Annette Ellis
Love your work, Judith!
$106
Jamie Hamilton
$106
Hugo
$106
Kevin Lee
$106
Me
$106
Christine Elshaw
$106
Jurgen Baumhoff
I contributed $100
$106
Graeme Manton
Enjoy
$106
Dixie Marshall
$106
Mark Korol
Thanks for donating your time to such a worthy cause, have fun and keep those planes in the skies
$106
Mag
Go sis!
$106
Rory Cole-bowen
$106
Cordelia Mac
$100
Marty
Awesome work Scott 👌
$100
Elizabeth Shaw
Go Martina - what a great cause!
$100
Chloe Gavalas
Wonderful cause! Bon appetit!
$100
Justin Eve
Awesome work Martina. Cook up a storm!
$100
Carl Maynard
Go Kat! Keep up the great work.
$100
Ben, Mel & Zarah
Go T!
$100
Lydia Highfield
God bless you Kathleen
$100
Phoebe Lopez
$100
Scent Sustralia
$100
Wayland Gock
Great cause Teresa
$63
Melissa Eyre
God Bless your Work. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in Matthew 25:35
$53
Steve Scaffidi
All the best ! xx
$53
Izabella
What a great cause to support
$53
Yvonne Kador
Good luck Alison
$53
Cherie Fimmano
$53
Kevin Tengvall
$53
Simon Christie
Great cause Rach!
$53
Lan Chu
$53
Bp
$53
Adrian Yeomans
Ash this is inspirational mate - good on you !! The lucky recipients of your food will have a taste sensation - great cause and happy to support !!
$53
Shanti Gunasekaran
Good Luck Ms Teresa. Hope you exceed your goal for this meaningful cause.
$53
Rachana Bhandurge
$53
Reilly & Monique Coughlin
$53
Andrew Stewart
Good luck Ady. Enjoy.
$53
John Donoghue
You go girl!!! Wonderful to be able to support. Go well, be strong, stay brilliant 👏
$53
Jana Gernhoefer
Nice one Ash!
$53
Misty Wedge
$53
Jill
Enjoy the experience and thanks from GFS Perth
$53
Terepai Nooroa
$53
Biff
Try not to burn anything 🤞🏽🙏🏼 Haha you got this bro
$53
Jodi Psanoudakis
Great cause helping those in need and reducing food waste. Looking forward to seeing what you cook up!
$53
Barbara Mallett
Good on you Allison!
$53
Karen Greenash
Amazing and what a great charity to support!
$53
Peta Hill
$53
Steve Mcleod
Thanks for going above and beyond for this amazing cause!
$53
Alicia Smith
$53
Anonymous
$53
Alison Gilchrist
$53
Shawn Siganto
$53
Miriam & Jazi
Oh how exciting
$53
Belly
Best of luck mate i am sure you will cook up a storm.
$53
Nadia & Jase
Nice one Shane!
$53
Maria Vandenbergh
$53
Tracey Michael
$53
Mm
Rock on Chef 🙌
$53
Marina Leong
$53
Caron & Riki Woodman-roberts
$53
Heng Chang
Great people doing great things all the best Shane!
$53
Jaimee English
$53
Dale Ross
$53
Valissa
A very worthy cause, I’m sure you will be a great cook!
$53
Erin Carr
$53
Anonymous
Worthy cause. Enjoy the cooking, too.
$53
Bill Fiddian
Good luck Alison. I look forward to a repeat cook up on site one day!
$53
Joey Meng
$53
Michael Mckenna
Good cause Anna
$53
Anonymous
$53
Kelli-anne Dyne
$53
Hooman
$53
Justin Peters
Great initiative Teresa … love your work 🙏🏼
$53
Samantha Norris
Good on you Scott, show them how it’s done 😊
$53
Steph Benjamin
What a brilliant cause! Happy to help.
$53
Corymbia
$53
Jayme Blackmore
Cook up storm Shane1
$53
Paul Shirvington
$53
Samantha Crameri-miller
$53
Mark Palmer
Well done and good luck mate.
$53
Tony Hart
$53
Scott Burling
$53
Glendon Mar
Those other chef's may as well throw in the tea towel now, Teresa will blitz them like a macha smoothie! Enjoy the Cook off! Start your gas burners and let the games begin.
$53
Rebekah Cheney
Great initiative to support Matt
$53
Tamasin Forrest
$53
Craig Mcleod
$53
Katherine Houareau
$53
Kira Nelson
Well done Jodi, a great cause!
$53
Nat Sangalli
$53
Dane Hendry
Toasties for the win!
$53
Kymlee Seymour
$53
Romi Stern
So excited for you Ash, such a great cause. The freshSNAP team will be cheering you on!
$53
Peter Duncan
$53
Meabh & Aura Coakley
Love you Grandma! Meabh & Aura xxxx
$53
Jp Mills
Cook up a storm Alison 🙌🏼
$53
Phil H
Get chopping!
$53
Meredith Waters
What great experience to be a part of! Well done! Love how you connect and support the community.
$53
Jill Murray
A great cause and some food fun - looking forward to hearing your tips, Judith!
$53
Christine Eyre
$53
Lee Gunson
Well done on supporting our community.
$53
Daniela Tatonetti
$53
Magnus Uren
$53
Chris Morgan
All the best Shane
$53
Wayne Finch
Great work keep it going
$53
Paulene Smallwood
Supporting a good cause. Good on you Katherine x
$53
Kirsty D'costa
What a great cause! Enjoy!
$53
Anonymous
$53
Mummy Teague
Good luck with you special cause Scott
$53
Paula Gardner
$53
Ian Newall
Good luck with the cook!
$53
Sheri
Fully support your effort to feed the homeless- well done- you will rock this! (My friend Paula told me about you :) )
$53
Marina Garrone
$53
Anonymous
Supporting you on this great cause. God bless dear Kathleen!
$53
Calvin Butler
$53
Shirley Landon
Go Alison !!
$53
Timothy Lung
Have fun whilst making your fantastic meal
$53
Matthew
$53
Jenny Ramshaw
$53
Robert Gilchrist
Good luck. I love you ❤️
$53
Simon Williams
A great cause, well done Anna.
$50
Lester Adams
Well done Anna!
$50
Rebecca Maddern
Cook up a storm 💪
$50
Chris Du Pont
Thanks for supporting such a fantastic cause Rachael!
$50
Manish Sreenivas
A Bengaluru boy!
$50
Prayer Buddy In Vic
“When you do this for the least, you do it for me”. Jesus
$50
Darryl Norville
Well done Martina, great cause and great organisation
$50
Toby Cebalo
$50
Anoop Nair
Bhavana friend
$50
Jo Pope
Best of luck - Jo-Anna & Phil
$50
Danny Feng
$42
Jasmine Eyre
Love being part of a team that supports such an awesome cause. You got this Chef Shane! 👨🍳
$42
The Holden/baker Family.
20 years to the day you did Heavens kitchen in Preston. Good luck and enjoy. Love The Holden/ Baker Family
$32
Van Truong
$32
Jacob Cleland
Better you in the kitchen than me! Great cause!
$32
Jen O.
$30
Lauren Gentile
$30
Emma Elliott
Great initiative Scott!
$26
Anonymous
$26
Anonymous
$26
Anonymous
$26
Alex Bozward
I hope your cooking is as good as your dad jokes!
$26
Jana Mather
What an incredible cause to be part of! Your passion and commitment to making a difference is truly inspiring. Wishing you all the best for the CookOff and cheering you on all the way!”
$26
Megan Louth
Whisking you all the best as you stir up support for such a great cause
$26
Sandra Rosarrio
$26
Caitlin Nicol
$26
Ally & Ben Jolly
Good luck 🍀 Alison .. what a great cause !
$26
Manzur Mahmood
$26
Anonymous
Go girl. Wish you all the very best. Rest assured of my prayerful support
$25
Anonymous
$25
Anonymous
Great cause
$25
Ar
Keep up the good work!
$25
Stefan Maric
$25
Travis Pope
$21
Danielle Parker
$21
Tess Leeder
Great cause, Ash! You'll do great!
$21
Maartje Smit
Enjoy the cookoff
$21
Joanne Webber
Nice one, Rach!
$21
Kim Nonthapan
$21
Saskia Meier
$21
Sandy Marwick
I hope you reach your goal for Ozharvest.What a great initiative!
$21
Helen
$21
Lex Coetsee
Whip up some fun for a great cause...
$21
Anonymous
$21
Ben Knezevich
Good on you Scott
$21
Kaye Duncan
Go Shane !!
$21
Helen Williams
Good luck, Alison.
$21
Rachel Sinagra
Great cause thanks for sharing Jasmine!
$21
Anonymous
$21
Chloe Thomas
Your culinary delights will benefit many. Well done.
$21
Jannine Kay
Hope this help you
$21
Erica Young
Love what you’re doing!
$21
Alex Cookson
Amazing work Ash donating you time to such an incredible cause!
$21
Nathan Frost
Good luck Anna!
$20
Keira
Best of luck Grandma / Madre! With love from Keira, Michael and Boaz x
$11
Fiona
Good on you Alison! All the best.
$11
Murray Cairns
$11
Debbie Williamson
Bon Appetite
$11
Chris Bond
$11
Anonymous
$11
Anonymous
$10
Annalise Lemm
$10
Anjana Thapa
Good Luck Shane
$5
Jenn
$5
