Cook the food or judge the food - which side are you on?
Demonstrate your campfire cooking skills or taste and rate the food as a People’s Choice Judge.
Camp Oven Cooking at the 2023 festival
Saturday is cooking demonstration day, while competitions take place on the Sunday.
Food cooked on Saturday and on Sunday morning (Breads, Dampers & Scones) is sold to festival-goers via the Big Shed kitchen.
Food cooked on Sunday afternoon (Evening Meal) is only available to judges and People’s Choice ticket holders.
All cooks must supply a food handling certificate and comply with NSW food authority regulations. Please read the cooking demonstration and competition guidelines. Any questions, send us an email.
Saturday – cooking demonstrations and sampling
Morning session 7.30am to 11.30am - 8 cooking fires available - mains & desserts to be sold for lunch
Afternoon session 1.30pm to 5.30pm - 8 cooking fires available - mains & desserts to be sold for dinner
Cook whatever you like – limited to 1 main and 1 dessert per cook per session.
All meals will be sold via the servery in the big shed kitchen with all proceeds going to the cooks.
Sunday – cooking competitions and People’s Choice
There are two opportunities to demonstrate your campfire cooking skills and for a lucky 24 ticket holders, a chance to taste and rate the evening meals cooked by our intrepid cooks, as a People’s Choice Judge.
People’s Choice Judging
To taste all the entries in the Sunday Evening Meal cooking competition, get in early and book your spot as a People’s Choice Judge - see Tickets.
This freshly-cooked feast is restricted to 24 diners and features both gastronomical delights and astronomical amounts - do not snack before you get there!
1st Competition - Breads Dampers & Scones
There are two categories in this competition - SWEET and SAVOURY.
Cooks may enter 1 dish in each category.
Judges’ prizes will be awarded in both categories.
Entry fee $5 per dish entered (pay when you book your festival ticket).
Cooking times 7:30am to 11:30am - 8 cooking fires available - and your entry/s must be ready for judging by 11:45am.
2nd Competition - Evening Meal
There are three categories in this competition - WET (e.g. stews, casseroles), DRY (e.g. roasts, bakes) and DESSERT.
Cooks may enter any 2 dishes from the 3 categories and not two of the same.
Judges’ prizes and People’s Choice prizes will be awarded to each of the three categories.
Entry fee $10 for each dish entered (pay when you book your festival ticket).
Cooking opens at 12:30pm - 8 cooking fires available - and meals must be completed between 5:30 and 6:00pm, to serve the Guest Judges and People’s Choice Judges.