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Yak Ales Barbecue Festival is cooking up a storm!

Announcement posted by Thurnham Teece 25 Jan 2018

Watch new film ‘The BBQ’ starring Shane Jacobson at the 2018 Yak Ales Barbecue Festival at Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
 
Sydney/Gosford, 23 January, 2018 – The full line up of the Yak Ales Barbecue Festival at Central Coast Stadium, Gosford on February 10 & 11, 2018, now includes an exclusive outdoor screening of the yet to be released movie ‘The BBQ’. Starring Shane Jacobson and Magda Szubanski, all weekend pass holders are invited to enjoy this Aussie comic fable about the quest for the perfect steak, on the evening of Saturday 10th at 7.00pm
 
The festival also features 4-time world barbecue champion Myron Mixon, 3-time world barbecue champion John David Wheeler of Memphis Barbecue Company, Mike Johnson and Christina Fitzgerald of Sugarfire Smoke House, St Louis.
 
Held over two days and filled with mouth-watering barbecue from local and international pitmasters, the festival also includes barbecue cooking and butchery demos, a barbecue cook-off sanctioned by the Kansas City Barbecue Society (KCBS), the world’s largest organisation of barbecue enthusiasts, bands and more.
 
Second Release tickets start from $30.00, and are on sale via Ticketek – www.ticketek.com.au.
 
Surrounding the festival are a series of Barbecue events around Gosford including:
 
 
International Guest Welcome Dinner
Central Coast Leagues Club - Thursday 8 February 2018
The Welcome Dinners will see an international star-studded line up join guests to kick-off two days of mouth-watering barbecue, with the likes of Myron Mixon, John David Wheeler, Mike Johnson and Christina Fitzgerald set to be in attendance.
TICKET PRICE - $95 per head.
 
Myron Mixon Cooking Class
Central Coast Stadium – Friday 9th February 2018 
In his four-hour classes, students will have the chance to learn award-winning barbecue skills from the Winningest Man in BBQ himself, including how to cook Myron’s signature chicken and pork ribs.
TICKET PRICE - $345 per head.
 
KCBS Judging Class
Central Coast Stadium – Friday 9th February 2018
The four-hour tasting and theoretical class will see students learn the finer points of what to look for in award-winning competition-style barbeque and will make them eligible to judge any international BBQ competition sanctioned by the KCBS at the end of the course.
TICKET PRICE - $145 per head.
 
Tickets for the Central Coast Yak Ales Barbecue Festival events, including Welcome Dinner (Thursday 8 February 2018), BBQ Masterclass with Myron Mixon (Friday 9 February 2018), and the annual KCBS Judging Class (Friday 9 February 2018) are on sale via Ticketek.
 
For media enquiries, interview requests and imagery, please contact Hatching Communications:
 
Lyn Thurnham lthurnham@thurnhamteece.com.au
Ph 02 49 616010 or 0418 490989
 
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