Great BBQ Challenge

Name: Barbara Age: 43 Lives: QLD Signature dish: Steak and mushroom ragu

Barbara is a married lawyer who teaches law part-time and chases around her teenage twins and one primary school daughter full–time. She loves cooking in all its forms and her all-time favourite method is the BBQ. With a name like Barbie what else could she be except Queen of the Barbie! Associating BBQ’s with holidays and good times, when the barbie is lit at home she gives herself an instant holiday. All of her BBQ food is “simple with a twist” and all it really takes is a quick trip to the local supermarket or even a raid of the fridge. Barbara can create a feast in the time it takes her husband to swap the gas bottle and get the ice. Barbara loves a party and for her, nothing says party like the smell of the BBQ. We are Australia's Best BBQ'ers because: “I can cook anything on the BBQ – I can even cook a dessert on it. I truly love my BBQ because I can multitask with it – cook dinner, correct the homework as I turn the snags, yell at the kids and still have time to stop and smell the onions.”

Name: Jayne Age: 49 Lives: QLD Signature dish: Steak and mushroom ragu

Jayne is a busy mother of three giant sons and as a consequence she finds herself cooking constantly. Fortunately her great love of everything to do with food prevents this from becoming an unpleasant task. What better way for her to prepare her men for the modern world than to teach them to cook… and what better place to start than on the BBQ! Of their many and varied experiments there have been surprisingly few disasters. When not reading cookbooks or watching celebrity chefs work their magic, Jayne assists with administrative tasks in her husband’s telecommunications business. She often cooks for friends who are too busy to prepare their own parties, dinners or barbies. This ensures that Jayne keeps on researching so that she is always producing something new and sensational at her own frequent and fabulous BBQ’s.

We are Australia's Best BBQ'ers because: “I can create an entire event based around a single thought or ingredient. Once I decide on a theme I take it as far as I possibly can, every course, the colour scheme, the table setting, dessert... the lot. With careful planning and preparation all my guests need do is relax on the deck while I effortlessly throw a few things on the grill.”