The Official Food Rescue Launch

His Excellency, Mr Malcolm McCusker, Governor of Western Australia and Mrs McCusker

Imagine watching some of Perth’s top chefs and food luminaries prepare their favourite gourmet specialities and then being served those culinary delights … this is exactly what the special guests of Food Rescue’s official launch were treated to last week.

Set amongst a backdrop of soft candlelight, fine wines and extremely talented musicians, our warehouse was magically transformed for Food Rescue donors, staff and volunteers to gather together and celebrate the charity’s significant milestones.

Our five food Ambassadors including Russell Blaikie, David Coomer, Don Hancey, Neal Jackson and Vince Garreffa joined Kevin Pham, Gogo Gavardhan, Hadleigh Troy and Simon Johnson to prepare and serve the most beautiful food imaginable throughout the evening.To top it off, Forrester Wines and Little Creatures provided wine and beer to complement the amazing cuisine.

The spirit of philanthropy was alive and well on the night as His Excellency, Mr Malcolm McCusker, Governor of Western Australia and Mrs McCusker were announced as Joint Patrons of Food Rescue. Compassion for our cause was clearly evident to those who came together on the evening.

We are so grateful to the many individuals and organisations that supported this event. Comestibles did an outstanding job with the catering service, and I Katcher Events and Luxe Events helped turn our warehouse into a stunning venue. Talented musicians that performed on the night included Libby Clements, Jacob Diamond, Natalie Gillespie and Trevor Jalla.

The sharing of fine food and wine, wonderful company and the benevolence of our guests all combined to make Food Rescue’s launch a remarkable experience.

Food Rescue at the Fremantle Markets

Markets are one of our favourite places to get our fresh produce but have you ever wondered what happens after they close at the end of the weekend? We have too.

Fremantle Markets provide fresh food and produce three days a week for people coming into the heart of Fremantle. It's a delicious and colourful combination of fruit and veg, coffee, hot foods, bakeries and ... well you won't go hungry there. Because the markets closes on Sunday and usually doesn't open again until Friday and fresh, nutritious food would otherwise go to waste, we thought it'd be ideal for a food rescue. It's a valuable source of good food for needy families to start the week with.


To the smell of fresh coffee and ripe mangoes we got together for opening at 8am  to explain who Food Rescue was are and what we do. Our Food Ambassadors, chefs Don Hancey, Russell Blaikie, and David Coomer joined volunteers, staff and directors to go around the markets and chat with stallholders. In just over an hour we'd spoken to everyone. Russell Blaikie said he was impressed with the positive response to what we do from everybody he spoke with - and this was shared by all of us.


On Sunday we'll be heading down with one of our vans to rescue some food.