Two-time Olympic swimming champion, Leisel Jones will be going for gold at South East Queensland’s largest, tastiest and most delicious celebration of food, the Moreton Bay Food + Wine Festival this Friday, August 23.
The nine-time Olympic medallist will compete against a red-hot field in the festival’s inaugural Celebrity Cook-Off Challenge, featuring 7 News anchor, Samantha Heathwood, 4BC host, Olympia Kwitowski, 10 News First journalist, Georgi Hill and social media sensation, Ben Blue.
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The knock-out event at Apex Park in Woody Point will see the celebrities decorate cakes, design a charcuterie board and undergo a blind taste test. Organisers will donate $1000 to a charity of the winner’s choice.
The Celebrity Cook-Off Challenge will be followed by the official opening of the 2024 Moreton Bay Food + Wine Festival.
Over three days from August 23-25 2024, more than 15,000 people will be spoilt for choice as they explore the festival precinct, watch live cooking demonstrations, rub-shoulders with Celebrity Chefs (Adam Liaw, Matt Golinski, Alastair McLeod, Georgia Barnes, Dominique Rizzo, Brent Draper and Kim McCosker), listen to live music and sample the delights of Moreton Bay’s sensational food bowl.
The festival site spans a kilometre along the Woody Point foreshore with 14 zones to explore, countless experiences and dozens of masterclasses.