Watch the Café One on Wickham DVD and see how Mission Australia is helping to TRANSFORM the lives of Australians that are homeless.

Ben O’Donoghue Cookbook and Australia Day Barbecue Competition!

During 2009, Ben O'Donoghue's latest cookbook was offered to Mission Australia supporters at the special price of $25. Plus, for every book purchased through this web site, $10 went to Mission Australia. Every person who purchased the cook book went in the draw to win an Australia Day BBQ for 10 people catered for by Ben. The prize also included two cases of wine from Penfolds as well as a BBQ’s Galore barbecue!

Winner of the Australia Day BBQ with Ben O'Donoghue announced...

Mission Australia and Clayton Utz Community Connect are pleased to announce that Heather Edwards from Greenslopes, Brisbane is the lucky winner of the Ben O'Donoghue Cookbook and Australia Day Barbecue Competition.

As the winner of this competition Heather will receive:
- A"Beefmaster 4 on Cart" Barbecue from BBQ's Galore;
- A case of Penfolds Koonungra Hill Shiraz Cabernet and a case of Penfolds Koonungra Hill Semillon Sauvignon Blanc; and
- An amazing Australia Day Barbecue lunch for Heather and nine friends in her own home prepared by Ben O'Donoghue himself.

Mission Australia and Clayton Utz would like to thank everyone that purchased a copy of Ben's Barbeque and for supporting Mission Australia.

For the past 150 years, Mission Australia has been helping to transform the lives of disadvantaged Australians. We are proud to have had the support of Ben O'Donoghue, celebrity chef, TV presenter and author, to help us raise much needed funds for our homeless services.

Through this fantastic initiative of Ben's, and with the assistance of Clayton Utz lawyers, we are pleased to report that approximately $5,000 has been raised to assist Mission Australia’s homeless services in 2010.

Ben O'Donoghue

Ben is best known as the host of the popular TV shows 'Surfing the Menu' and 'The Best in Australia'. He is also the author of a number of best-selling cookbooks.

His love of cooking began as a boy on the beaches of Port Hedland in Western Australia where he'd cook fresh fish on sheets of corrugated-iron that had been ripped of roofs in cyclones. Since those humble beginnings, Ben has come along way (around the world countless times in fact).

Ben started his career working in a number of top class Australian restaurants including Tribeca and Goodfellas in Sydney and Jessica's in Perth before moving to London ten years ago. For four years he worked at The River Cafe and then joined his mate Jamie Oliver at the exclusive Monte's Club as Executive chef.

Ben is now living back in Australia and is regarded as one of Australia's most entertaining and innovative chefs.

Clayton Utz - Community Connect

Clayton Utz sees giving back to the community as a fundamental part of being a member of it.

Through Community Connect, which incorporates the Clayton Utz Foundation and the firm's Community Involvement activities, Clayton Utz is able to reach out to a range of individuals, charities and community partners to meet their diverse needs and support the important work they do, both in our cities and in regional and remote parts of Australia.

Since 2003 the Clayton Utz Foundation has committed over $2.9 million in grants, and the firm has developed relationships with over 25 community organisations around the country.