Join us at the Starlight Five Chefs Dinners in 2013, as Starlight celebrates 25years of supporting Australia’s seriously ill children.
The Starlight Five Chefs Dinner is a unique experience which, over the years, has showcased some of Australia’s best chefs, premium food, amazing entertainment and the best wines this country has to offer.
Starlight Five Chefs Dinners are our signature fundraising event and they are unique because almost everything on the night is donated. This generosity enables Starlight to direct the maximum amount of funds raised towards Starlight Programs to transform the lives of seriously ill and hospitalised children, young people and their families throughout Australia.
In 2013 we will again provide you with the ultimate dining experience through a five course degustation menu with matched wines, opportunities to meet the wonderful chefs and top class entertainment.
All this peppered with stories of inspiration and hope. It is a night that truly makes a lasting impact on those in the room and those Starlight children and families the fundraising supports.
Starlight has been helping sick children shine like the stars they are for 25 years and by joining us in the celebration, you can help make the next 25 years as bright as the last.
We promise a night to remember and look forward to welcoming you and your guests on the night to be part of the magic that is a Starlight Five Chefs Dinner!
Warmest Regards,
Louise Baxter, CEO – Starlight Children’s Foundation
Star Chefs Visit the Starlight Express Room Randwick
Leaving conventional kitchens behind and armed with eskies full of ingredients Sydney celebrity chefs Adriano Zumbo Patissier, Yves Scherrer, James Viles, Grant Croft, Hamish Ingham and Jonathan Barthelmess took to Randwick Starlight Express Room on Tuesday morning to paint honeycomb with chocolate, fill vanilla macarons, decorate rocket ship biscuits and carefully craft wontons with the Starlight kids. YUM!
The room was overflowing with Starlight kids and everyone had an absolute ball!!! Massive thanks to all the chefs for coming in and sharing their talents with us and to Toby Burrows Photography for capturing the day!
A sneak peak of some our Chefs for the Starlight Five Chefs Dinner Melbourne
Our wonderful Chefs came together at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre to launch the menu for our Starlight Five Chefs dinner in Melbourne, which is under a month away!
We can’t share the menu but we can tell you it is divine!! Thank you to Mark Best, Pierrick Boyer, Guy Grossi, Dan Hunter, Karen Martini and Tony Panetta for their delicious creations and thank you to the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre for putting on such a spectacular occasion.
Some images for you to enjoy!
Burnt Fig Jam and Almond Cake1 1/2 cups self raising flour
Summer and Autumn Dessert | Serves 12-16
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups self raising flour
1/2 tspn cinnamon Ground
1/2 tspn nutmeg Ground
1/2 tspn cloves Ground
1/2 tspn allspice Ground
1 cup caster sugar
1/2 cup unsalted butter Softened
1 cup Burnt Fig Jam Plus a little extra jam for spreading on the cake
2 free range eggs
1/2 cup milk
1/2 tspn vanilla extract
1/2 cup almond Roasted for 5 minutes at 180ºC then skins rubbed off
1 cup crème fraiche
4-6 fresh figs
1 Preheat the oven to 180ºC. Grease and flour a 22cm round cake pan.
2 To prepare the cake, sift the flour and spices into a large mixing bowl. Stir in the sugar. Using a mixer at medium speed, beat the butter, jam, eggs, milk, and vanilla extract until smooth. Stir in the almonds. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
3 Bake at 30 – 40 minutes, until a wooden pick inserted near the centre comes out clean. Cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove from the pan to cool completely on a wire rack.
4 When cool, cut the cake in half horizontally. Spread the bottom layer with the extra Burnt Fig Jam and top with crème fraiche. Replace the top layer of cake and finish with more crème fraiche and halved fresh figs.
by 5C on September 3, 2012
The Starlight Five Chefs Dinner in Perth was a huge success last night, raising enough to keep all Starlight programs running at the Princess Margaret Children’s Hospital for 5 months! Wow!!
An enormous thank you to Racheal Leahcar for her spectacular performance and our wonderfully talented Five Chefs Kurt Sampson, Clint Nolan, Travis Collins, Scott Darlow and Herb Faust. A special thanks also to the Pan Pacific Perth and of course our wonderful hosts Louise Momber and Simon Bailey.
A huge thank you to all our guests, both individuals and corporate partners and everyone else who contributed including our National Partner’s Virgin Australia and Vittoria, in helping us to light up many more little lives
The Starlight Five Chefs Dinner in Adelaide was a huge success last night, raising enough to keep all Starlight programs running at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital for 7 months! Wow!!
An enormous thank you to Mahalia Barnes for her spectacular performance and our wonderfully talented Five Chefs Tobias Gush, James Brinklow, Tim Bourke, Travis Kerkman and Tony Hart. A special thanks also to the InterContinental Adelaide and of course our wonderful hosts Belinda Heggen and Tom Rehn.
A huge thank you to all our guests, both individuals and corporate partners and everyone else who contributed including our National Partner’s Virgin Australia and Vittoria, in helping us to light up many more little lives.
The Starlight Five Chefs Dinner in Melbourne was a huge success last night, raising enough to keep all Starlight programs runningat The Royal Children’s Hospital for5 months! Wow!!
An enormous thank you to MichaelPaynter for his spectacular performance and our wonderfully talented Five ChefsNicky Reimer, Michael Lambie, Mark Best, Philippe Mouchel and Daren Purchese. A special thanks also to the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Tony Panetta and the team for their wonderful support – this was the first year that the MCEC has hosted the Starlight Five Chefs Dinnerand what an amazing job they all did.
Of course a huge thank you to all our guests, both individuals and corporate partners and everyone else who contributed including our National Partner’s Virgin Australia and Vittoria, in helping us to light up many more little lives.
The Starlight Five Chefs Dinner in Sydney was a huge success last night, raising enough to keep all Starlight programs running in Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick and the Children’s Hospital at Westmead for 6 months! Wow!!
An enormous thank you to Delta Goodrem for her spectacular performance and our wonderfully talented Five Chefs – Guillaume Brahimi, Alessandro Pavoni, Matt Moran, Brent Savage and Gary Mehigan. A special thanks also to the Four Seasons Hotel, Executive Chef at Kables Restaurant Jess Ongand the team for their wonderful support – this was the 22nd year that the Four Seasons has hosted the Starlight Five Chefs Dinner free of charge which is just incredible!
Of course a huge thank you to all our guests, both individuals and corporate partners and everyone else who contributed including our National Partner’s Virgin Australia and Vittoria, in helping us to light up many more little lives.
The Starlight Five Chefs Dinner in Brisbane was a huge success last night, raising enough to keep all Starlight programs running at Mater Children’s Hospital for over seven months! Wow!!
An enormous thank you to Kate Miller-Heidke for her spectacular performance and our wonderfully talented Five Chefs – Shinichi Maeda, Rhett Willis, Tony Percuoco, Tony Kelly and Javier Codina. A special thanks also to the Sofitel Brisbane Central, Craig Napper and the team for their wonderful support -Sofitel Brisbane Central has hosted the Starlight Five Chefs Dinnerfor a number of years which is just incredible.
Of course a huge thank you to all our guests, both individuals and corporate partners and everyone else who contributed including our National Partner’s Virgin Australia and Vittoria, in helping us to light up many more little lives.
The Media Tasting Lunch for Five Chefs was met with 20 eager guests ready to try out the menu for the event night. We heard- “the best menu of all the Five Chefs Dinner” , “perfectly matched wines”, “exquisite to be in the company of top chefs and hear firsthand why they are involved with Starlight” from our guests. A huge thank you to the team at Kable’s Restaurant at the Four Seasons for welcoming this event each year. The Captain Starlight’s were also present on the day- keeping the chefs company in the kitchen and helping us introduce some of the courses.
