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The Big Breakfast

Get your chef’s hat at the ready

The Big Breakfast is a cooking program where community or corporate groups are invited to take over the kitchen of Ronald McDonald House at QEII. Breakfast is one of the most important meals of the day, and when you’re caring for an ill or injured child, it’s the fuel you need to kick-start a day filled with medical appointments.

All cooking equipment is provided, however groups are required to bring in their own ingredients and recipes.

How Does It Work?

  1. Book your Big Breakfast preferred date via the booking calendar below. Please note The Big Breakfast is only available for bookings on the weekends.
  2. Prepare your menu and purchase all the ingredients.  You're free to prepare any style of breakfast you wish, excluding nuts.
  3. Arrive at Ronald McDonald House at QEII with your ingredients by 7:30am for setup and preparation. You'll do a kitchen induction with one of our team.
  4. Get cooking! After your induction, you are welcome to start preparations on your hearty breakfast.
  5. Help serve your wonderful breakfast to the families staying at RMH at QEII
  6. Our families will be down to the dining room to enjoy your menu between 9am and 10am.
  7. You'll help clean up the commercial kitchen
  8. Your Big Breakfast experience finishes at 11am

Frequently asked questions (FAQs)

  • Is there a minimum age requirement? The minimum age for participation in the Big Breakfast program is 16 years.
  • Is there a maximum group size? We have a maximum capacity of 10 team members in our commercial kitchen.
  • What breakfast should we prepare? You're free to prepare any style of breakfast, excluding nuts, for approximately 60 people. Popular items include sausages, scrambled eggs, fruit platters and pancakes but you are welcome to prepare different breakfast options too. You'll have 90 minutes of 'cook time', factor this in when planning recipes.
  • What do we need to bring? You will need to bring all ingredients you'll be using to make your menu. Download our Culinary Toolkit flyer to see what equipment and items will be available for your use in our commercial kitchen during your cooking experience.
Photo of team members cooking in the RMH Nedlands kitchen

Book a Big Breakfast experience

Please note note: minimum age for participation in The Big Breakfast program is 16 years.

Enquiries

If you have questions about The Big Breakfast or our other group cooking offerings, fill out the form so our Volunteer Manager can respond to you

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Acknowledgement of Country

Ronald McDonald House Charities WA acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land the Whadjuk people of the Noongar nation.  We pay our respects to Elders, past and present for they hold the memories, the traditions, the culture and hopes of Indigenous Australia.  We recognise their enduring and continuing connection to the sky, lands, waters, and culture of this land.