In 2026, we’ll again have chefs teaming up with celebrity guests to battle it out in our PorkStar Live Cooking Battle on the Main Stage and the teams are now in!

Expect big personalities, serious competition and a little bit of chaos as Gold Logie Winner, Larry Emdur and Chin Chin’s Ben Cooper take on Olympic swimming legend, Susie O’Neill + South African Celebrity Chef, Warren Mendes.

PorkStar is thrilled to joining the Noosa Food & Wine Festival again in 2026, taking over the Live Cooking Battle on the Main Stage to get more pork on forks!

PorkStar Live will challenge talented chefs and enthusiastic celebs to create mouthwatering dishes using an inspiring pork cut.