The Breast Cancer Campaign, a leading organization working to improve diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer, towards breast cancer prevention, and ultimately a breast cancer cure, is hosting the BIG BBQ as one of their fundraisers for continuing research and services. BIG BBQ, with the support of the National BBQ Association, Good Food Live host Jeni Barnett, and celebrity chefs, provides BBQ recipes, tips and facts to help you become a part of the BIG BBQ campaign.

From the Breast Cancer Campaign, here are a few top barbeque facts:

• BBQ is now the summer home leisure activity in half the households owning a BBQ grill. It has evolved into a sophisticated, al-fresco alternative to the traditional dinner party.
• 14 percent of all households have two BBQ grills and eight percent have three or more BBQ grills.
• Although charcoal is still the most popular fuel, around 63 per cent, this is changing fast in favor of gas.
• BBQ is now becoming the regular alternative summer meal-cooking format.
• BBQ is no longer male dominated -- 51 percent of men now tangle with the tongs, while 49 percent of women go for the grill.
  

A few basic barbeque tips include:

• Always keep raw and cooked meats separate from each other.
• In very hot weather throw away any barbequed food left out for more than an hour.
• Never part-cook on a barbeque and finish cooking later.
  

A few of the featured mouth-watering celebrity chef barbeque recipes are:

• Aldo Zilli's BBQ mackerel with lemon oil
• Brian Turner's chicken burger with feta and sundried tomatoes
• Clodagh McKenna's baked white fish with lemon and dill
• Jekka McVicar's marinated chicken
• Lucy Wyndham-Read's old-fashioned homemade lemonade
• Peter Gordon's baba ganoush
• Lotte's Summer Pudding
  

To find out how to take part in the Breast Cancer Campaign's BIG BBQ, and host a BIG BBQ of your own with family and friends, visit What is the BIG BBQ?

In 2002, on Christmas eve, at the age of two, little Katie was diagnosed with acute precursor B-cell lymphoblastic leukemia. At the time of diagnosis, she was in the hospital. When told she would be there for awhile, Katie worried Santa would not know where she had gone -- would not be able to find her. Her parents, in all the efforts and time spent getting a proper diagnosis for Katie, had not shopped for Christmas. Both were saddened that Katie would not have any presents come Christmas morning. To their surprise, Katie woke up on Christmas morning to find presents just for her. As her parents tell the story, "The surprises and gifts from people we hadn't met before were pouring in all day. Even Santa came to visit and had his picture taken with Katie. Katie was very happy that Santa found her."

Katie suffered compression fractures in her spine as a result of the cancer and chemotherapy which kept her immobile most of the time. Her chemotherapy would continue for 2 years and 2 months. To pass the time, Katie and her mom watched cooking shows on television. To celebrate the end of chemotherapy, Katie decided she wanted to create a cookbook, and use the money to help other kids with cancer. She contacted many of the chefs from the cooking shows she spent months watching, and they readily agreed to donate recipes for her cookbook. Katie's Cooking: A Cookbook Celebrating Life after Childhood Cancer, which includes 782 recipes, features such celebrity chefs as Rachel Ray, Emeril Lagasse, Bobby Flay, Biba Caggiano, Paul Prudhomme, Ina Garten, Michael Chiarello, Paula Deen, and Sara Moulton; in addition to recipes from cookbook authors, famous restaurants, and popular nightspots. To learn more about Katie and her cookbook, visit Katie's Wish website. Katie, now six-years-old, has been cancer-free since February 2005!