About
BBQ is a magazine devoted to fire, food & outdoor living – a quarterly print publication for the global barbecue community.
BBQ magazine is for enthusiasts – from trade professionals, to adventurous outdoor cooks and live fire influencers, through to anybody simply enjoying cooking outside for family and friends and eager to learn more.
Food and drink lend themselves to the sensory power of the printed word and pictures, with so many stories to tell and share around the fire. And when not devouring the pages landing on your doorstep, gather here for news and views, recipes and reviews, as we let you know what’s cooking in the global barbecue village – the products, the places, the people and the passion.
And BBQ is a village; a community of like-minded souls, searching for food, fire and al fresco inspiration for both the outdoor ‘kitchen’ and the outdoor ‘living room.’
You’ll find us in butchers, farm shops and garden centres. We celebrate the best live fire restaurants, pubs and hotels and we’ll be there at festivals and events.
Whatever your level of cooking and enthusiasm, we are here to inspire, inform and engage. The BBQ community is an astonishing melting pot, ignited by food and fire. BBQ magazine brings all these ingredients together to create the perfect dish.
Meet Team BBQ
Rupert Bates
EDITOR
Rupert is an award-winning writer and editor. He writes extensively on property and sport and in 2020, spotting a gap in the market to cover the world of outdoor cooking, launched the magazine, with BBQ now mainstream food media across print, digital and
event platforms.
Kelly Bates
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Kelly is a graphic designer and creative director with many leading national magazine titles to her name.
An Australian, Kelly hails from the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria,
which means that BBQ and outdoor cooking and entertaining are in her DNA. Kelly curates the magazine’s regular recipe pages.
David Taylor
PARTNERSHIPS DIRECTOR
Having started his career in the hotel publishing world, David Taylor spent the last 30 years in the business travel world where he was on leadership boards for a number of the most successful event management companies in the industry, as well as non-executive advisory roles with luxury hotel brands, destination management and hospitality companies.
Isabelle Gray
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Isabelle is a freelance writer who has had words published in a range of national newspapers, magazines and websites. A qualified yoga teacher with a background of over 10 years working in the hospitality industry and lover of the outdoors, she knows that cooking and eating together is key to feeling well and building connection, even more so if it’s done outside.
Ian Jones
EVENT DIRECTOR
Ian is the man behind BBQ magazine’s fire and food events from intimate cooking demos to large-scale festivals.
A former farmer turned hospitality and events
specialist, Ian has spent a lifetime bringing people together around great food, good conversation and the outdoors.
