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Events & Appearances – Ross – 2025/6

*** UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED ALL EVENTS ARE FREE ***

Proudly using Australian products and produce from:

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* New Event Saturday 20th September 2025 – 11:00am – 12:30pm  – City of Vincent Library 99 Loftus Street Leederville Perth WA

Ross will be talking ‘All Things BBQ’ – tickets available soon –  NOTE: There is no live cooking at this venue   PDF Flyer

* New Event Saturday 11th October 2025 – 12:30pm – 2:30pm – City of Belmont Hub 213 Wright St, Cloverdale WA 6105 Perth WA 

Ross will be talking ‘All Things BBQ’ – tickets available soon –  PDF Flyer

* New Event Saturday 1st November 2025 – 11:00am – 1:00pm – City of Gosnells ‘The Agonis’ 2232 Albany Hwy, Gosnells WA 6110 

Ross will be talking ‘All Things BBQ’ – tickets available soon –  PDF Flyer

* New Event Saturday 13th December 2025 – 11:00am – 1:00pm – City of Canning  ‘CREEC’ cnr Kent St & Queens Park Rd, Wilson WA 6107 

Ross will be talking ‘All Things BBQ’ – tickets available soon –  PDF Flyer

We have plenty of more events coming soon, North & South of the River, so keep coming back to check! Watch out  for more ‘All Things BBQ’ Workshops’ starting in September 2025..and continuing through to May 2026

We now have the following councils we will be holding them in:

Wanneroo, Joondalup, Canning, Gosnells, Stirling, City of Vincent, Belmont in 2025 & currently in talks with several other councils.including, Bassendean, South Perth, Perth, Bayswater, 

Our dates 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

‘British & Australian BBQ Secrets‘ Roast, Rubs and BBQ Blends – Volume Two‘ out now on Amazon

* 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…! Both his books ( “Drongo’s’ & ‘Secrets’ – Vol One & Two) will also be for sale plus lots of giveaways.

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 events also have limited numbers. All are Perth WA based – (note: times may vary) – Some Venues also do not have cooking facilities.

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

Volume 2 out now!

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

Ben Bartlett (BBQ Ben) boasts a widely successful career as a MasterChef, 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 one...Volume 2 ‘Roasts, Rubs & BBQ Blends’ 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 specialising in Barbeques – installing and repairing as well as a renowed 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 will are subject to the States and Barbitec’s own 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 authorisation by Barbitec will not be required.

Please see our Privacy / Media policy here:

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