The Biggest BBQ Lesson

The Biggest BBQ lesson is a once-in-a-generation event. A Guinness World Record attempt, a live music celebration, and a reimagining of Australia’s most beloved cultural ritual, all on one day at one of the Central Coast’s most beautiful organic farms.

On Sunday 7 June, electric BBQs powered by a fleet of EVs will fire up at Zestiny Farm as hundreds of participants attempt to break the world record for the largest cooking lesson. Using only ingredients grown on the farm itself, certified organic, paddock to plate, everyone will learn to cook together, raise funds for OzHarvest, and be part of something genuinely historic.

Then the music starts.

From 1.45pm, the stage belongs to a group of Central Coast musicians who’ve spent years earning their stripes. Ivona Rose and Seán van Doornum front the afternoon two songwriters who between them have six albums, an SMH Album of the Week, a career spanning Europe and New York, and a shared conviction that Australian music is inseparable from Australian culture. Behind them, Evan Mannell on drums — the same Evan Mannell who plays with Peter Garrett, Missy Higgins and Jimmy Barnes — and Matt Lamb on bass, the man who brought the OB3 together for their beloved weekly residency in Umina Beach. Together, as part of the wider OB3 Crew, they’ll take the crowd through Aussie anthems and classic songs from across the eras.

The music is free. The record is real. And the whole thing is powered by the sun.

Cooking from 12.30pm. Music from 1.45pm.

Tickets and bookings at bigbbq.com.au