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Events & Appearances – Ross – 2026/7

*** SOME EVENTS MAY INCUR A SMALL CHARGE OR ENTRY FEE***

Back in Perth WA

November 2026 – 6:30pm – Wednesday 18th November 2026 ‘All Things BBQ’ Workshop (Private Event)


December 2026 – Timing TBA – Saturday 5th December 2026 (Provisional) – ‘All Things BBQ’ Workshop – Gosnells – Lyal Richardson Hall @ The Agonis, 2232 Albany Hwy, Gosnells WA 6110roudly using Australian products and produce from:

3 Drops Olive OilGiovanni CoffeeYork Olive Oil – Tasman Sea SaltGas 4 U Barbeques GaloreHumpty Doo BarramundiCaves Road Beef – Capital Meats (Malaga WA) – Supagas (Supaswap)

We want to make the content in these Workshops better & better so we may ask you at the time to fill out a ‘review’ form, we take NO DETAILS and the forms are anonymous, so no-one knows who you are. We love feedback good or bad so ‘go for it’!!


Councils that we will be holding them in for 2026/7 are:

Wanneroo, Joondalup, Canning, Gosnells, Stirling, Vincent, Belmont 

Dates and numbers are limited and we get booked out really quickly so copy this link and / or keep an eye out on Ross’s Instagram…just type ‘barbitec’ in the Instagram search box!

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Comments from some of the workshops….:

‘Very knowledgeable, easy to understand, excellent presentation’

‘Brilliant Presenter, enjoyed the demonstration cooking aspect

‘Great, genuine guy, funny too.’

‘Excellent information and its not about the size of the BBQ’

‘Top bloke, great information, excellent demo on cooking’

‘Very informative and relaxed workshop’

‘Looking forward to trying out the recipes’

‘Lots of interesting information that can be used at home’

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*SEE BELOW FOR FURTHER INFORMATION*

Ross & Ben from Ross’s recent UK trip

Working well together – UK Summer 2024

All FOUR ‘British & Australian BBQ Secrets‘ Books will be available for sale, personally signed by Ross plus his first book ‘Drongos Guide to BBQ Mastery’ which the original copy you can only buy from him as its now out of print.

* Ross will be demonstrating how to easily cook steak without burning it, cooking chicken and all sorts of lovely goodies. He will take any questions from the floor at anytime so dont be afraid to ask about cooking, buying a BBQ, Problems with BBQ repairs, Installations, NG & LPG Conversions, Alfresco areas, Charcoal and gas in fact ‘All Things BBQ’ so come along and join in the fun and learn to BBQ the right and easy way…! Giveaways too, but they are only given out for those attending the Workshops………..

We also may ask you to fill out a ‘how did you enjoy the workshop’ form, these forms do not ask for any personal or email information (like some others). So please be frank with your comments otherwise we will not learn to make the workshops better (if they need to) going forward… Thank you!

Some of the food Ross cooks:

Caves Road Beef chipolatas, Burgers, Boerewors, ‘Black Angus’ Scotch fillet steak, Eye fillet steak, Chicken Breasts, Chicken kebabs, BBQ Meatballs, Veggie Kebabs, Kofta Kebabs, Mini Burgers, Barramundi’

Food supplied and cooked at each workshop may vary

Please Note: Some Events may have a minimal entry / booking charge so please check with the event. Some also have limited numbers. However all are Perth Metro WA based – (note: times may vary) – Some venues also do not have cooking facilities so please see the relevant event for details….

*Photos of some of our Events:           Learn how to cook the best steak!

Now Available as an ebook / Kindle / Hardback – ‘world-wide’ order yours now!

Ben Bartlett (BBQ Ben) boasts a widely successful career as a Master Chef, an iconic food network Television Program personality, best-selling cookbook author and winner of the first ever Britain’s best BBQ’er title award awarded by the British BBQ Association.

British and Australian BBQ Secrets’ – by Ben Bartlett & Ross Yarranton, out now on Amazon. There will be 3 more books that will compliment British & Australian BBQ Secrets Volume ‘Roasts, Rubs & BBQ Blends’ Volume 3 ‘Secrets’ Fish book is out now! 

Ross Yarranton Barbitec’s Owner is famously the first WA BBQ Chef to start BBQ Classes back in early 2000 which went on to become so popular he wrote his first book Drongo’s Guide to BBQ Mastery. Ross’s book was so successful he decided to join forces with Ben in 2022 and create British & Australian BBQ Secrets, volume one, volume 2 is out now and volumes 3-5 will be coming in the next couple of years. In his spare time Ross consults on everything BBQ Australia-wide via his website www.barbitec.com

Ross is a fully qualified and licensed Gas Technician specializing in Barbeques – installing and repairing as well as a renowned BBQ Chef.

Ross is happy to do some events for free but he does charge for most, including corporate Events / Team building etc., with a few nibbles thrown in! If you would like him to conduct your next event please contact Ross at [email protected] or call him on 0415.771172 to discuss fees etc.

We have volunteers that help Ross in order to put on these workshops so on behalf of Ross we would like to thank, Chantal & Pat for their input & help……

All Photography, Videos and ‘Stills’ are taken, by our official Photographer Chantal or other Authorised person appointed by Barbitec – If you would NOT like your photograph or image being filmed at any of our ‘All Things BBQ’ Workshops please let us know on the day. All media taken are subject to the States and Barbitec’s strict privacy laws, however, we may ask you at some stage to still authorise a disclaimer provided by us (this may be due to you being asked to be filmed helping Ross). Copyright of all media will be owned by Barbitec. Out of courtesy, Photos or videos taken at any ‘All Things BBQ’ Workshops permission must be granted either from Chantal (our official photographer), or Ross, before they are taken, permission will not normally be withheld as we are grateful for the publicity.

Please bear in mind though that sharing on social media may constitute a copyright breach so permission from BARBITEC is essential prior to any publication on social media by you.

If the workshop is at anytime being recorded and Ross asks if you are OK to be filmed, unless informed otherwise, this will be considered  ‘Complete Acceptance’ to our media policy and therefore any further authorization by Barbitec will not be required.

Please see our Privacy / Media policy here:

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