Richard Allen - Fonterra

The Cook Off 2025

Help Me Make a Difference

On 16th June I’ll be joining senior business leaders and top chefs at St Matthew in the City for The Cook Off.


For one night, we will come together to cook a delicious three-course meal for 150 Auckland City Mission guests, many of whom are experiencing homelessness or face a daily struggle to put food on the table.  It is more than just a meal; it’s about hope and a sense of community for those who need it most.


Will you help me whisk up hope, one dish at a time to make an even bigger impact?  I've committed to fundraising at least $10,000.  The more I raise the more people we can help.

EVERY SINGLE WEEK, over 1,600 warm and nutritious meals are served in Haeata, the Mission’s community dining room, to people who are living on the streets or in substandard accommodation without any ability to cook. 

What is alarming is that as winter approaches, many people living on the streets will bear the brunt of the cold, wet and miserable weather, but Haeata will continue to be a safe, dry space offering meals and connecting people to essential Missions support.

My fellow participants and I are aiming to raise enough funds to provide 15,625 meals this winter.   

By donating $320 you could provide 20 warm and nutritious meals in Haeata.
By donating $160 you could provide 10 warm and nutritious meals in Haeata.

Please support me in The Cook Off by making a donation. 

My Progress so far...

$160 raised

$1600 raised

$5008 raised

Half way there!

$7500 raised

$10000 raised! Ka rawe!

Even more meals! Thank you and all your supporters!

This amount supports 1,250 people with a hot nutritious meal at Haeata this winter - huge impact!

Boom! With full hearts we thank you and all your amazing supporters. From everyone here at the Mission.

On fire! Could you be our hottest Cook Off fundraiser yet?

Congratulations on reaching your goal!

Thank you to everyone!

$3k

Fonterra Matching Donation

$2k

Anonymous

$1,000

Fonterra Matching Donation

$1,000

Fonterra Matching Donation

$1,000

Fonterra Matching Donation

$1,000

Fonterra Matching Donation

$1,000

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$1,000

Fonterra Matching Donation

$1,000

Fonterra Matching Donation

$999

Anonymous

$770

Fonterra Amsterdam

Fantastic effort Rich, sending our encouragement from the Amsterdam office and sharing the proceeds of our bake sale!

$770

Matched Donation

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$700

Richard

$520

Gaby Amade

Great cause and great initiative—well done Richard representing the Co-op! Awesome to see Fonterra matching donations too. Let’s help make a big impact together.

$520

Mike Cronin

$520

Andrew Murray

$520

Miles Hurrell

$500

Anna Palairet

Fantastic cause Rich. All the best!

$500

Ronald Kumar

All the best boss

$500

Ming Peng

$500

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$374.52

Alex Hume

Awesome cause Rich! The Co-op is right in behind you. Hope they’ve given a dairy rich dish to whip up

$374.52

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$356.17

Michael Nikrou

Great initiative, thanks for doing this!

$337.60

Shonelle Nichols

Moving home and sadly seeing the struggle of every day New Zealanders - this is a great cause to get behind.

$337.60

Marshall Fong

Awesome cause to support!

$337.60

Friends From The U.s.!

What a wonderful way to support people in need.

$337.60

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$337.60

Veve H

Great cause Rich!

$337.60

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$337.60

Richard Allen

$320

Amanda Chin

Wonderful initiative - good on you Rich for leading the charge!

$263.75

Andy Grogan

$250

Bryan Johnston

Good work and best of luck!

$211

Anonymous

$211

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$211

Ben Evers-swindell

Good on you Rich. Ka pai and for such a good cause.

$211

Emma Parsons

$211

Ben Fletcher

Great stuff Rich!

$211

Kate Daly

What a fantastic cause, great work Rich!

$211

Anya W

Great work Rich!

$211

Charlotte Rutherford

Nice work Rich

$211

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$211

Nicholas May

$168.80

Jackie

$105.50

Anna Johnstone

Time to cook up a storm for a great cause. Good stuff.

$105.50

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$105.50

Lisa Payne

🥰

$105.50

Shaheen Junge

Thanks for your leadership in communities

$105.50

Lauren Gent

Great to see Rich joining a proud Fonterra tradition of supporting this important cause!

$105.50

Justine Arroll

What a great cause, awesome stuff Rich.

$105.50

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$105.50

Carlienne

A great cause to get behind!

$105.50

Anonymous

$105.50

Stacey Nicholas

Wonderful cause to support!

$105.50

Anonymous

$105.50

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$105.50

Jane Yang

$105.50

Anonymous

$105.50

Chris Ireland

$105.50

Becky White

Fantastic initiative, very supportive!

$105.50

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$105.50

Lisa North

Great cause and go Richard Allen!

$105.50

Richard Dudley

$105.50

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$105.50

Pauline R

$105.50

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$84.40

Mitchel Williams

$84.40

Helius

That’s awesome Richard!

$84.40

Angela Geraghty

Great cause!

$84.40

Charles Ying

$84.40

Kristin

$84.40

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$84.40

Juanita Frank

$84.40

Willians Giardina

$84.40

Ken Gan

$84.40

Jack Wicks

$84.40

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$80

Sumya Inna

$80

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$80

Thama Ginting

Thanks for your service, boss!

$80

Tony Liu

What a great cause~

$80

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$80

Tony Liu

A small step for the big task~

$80

Liz Mccoll

Great cause to support.

$80

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$63.30

Lucy Wu

Go Rich!

$55.65

Kim Maurice

$52.75

Jennifer Barnes

$52.75

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$52.75

Kiri Leonard

$52.75

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$52.75

James Robertson

Awesome initiative Rich - time to get cooking with gas 🔥

$52.75

Sandra Deane

Fantastic cause - Well Done :)

$52.75

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$52.75

Anonymous

$52.75

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$52.75

Ellie Foulds

$52.75

Ma Marinovich

$52.75

Joan Fernandes

$52.75

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$52.75

Kate Hogg

$52.75

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$52.75

Jackie Greenizan

$52.75

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$52.75

Teresa Norris

All the best Rich. Look forward to hearing how it goes.

$52.75

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$52.75

Paula Guedes

Let's go Rich. It is a very nice cause.

$52.75

Anonymous

$52.75

Lucila Heinz

$52.75

Caroline Wishart

Well out in front on the leaderboard! Congrats Rich and everyone involved in making this happen.

$52.75

Marilynn

So many people are doing it tough. Awesome cause Richard. Making a difference not just in the workplace!

$52.75

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$52.75

Bryn Rowdon

$52.75

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$50

Anonymous

$50

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$50

Georgia Lawrence

Great stuff Rich. Awesome cause.

$50

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$50

Susanne

$50

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$50

Nicole Boykov

$50

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$50

Ryan Jones

$50

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$42.20

Lou Juventin

$42.20

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$42.20

Aaron Zhang

Just a little

$42.20

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$40

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$40

Emma Willis

$36.93

Mikiko Uchida

$36.93

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$36.93

Linda Liu

Peace & Love

$33.76

Tina Lundkvist

Very worthy cause!

$33.76

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$31.65

Christie Hall

$31.65

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$31.65

Mabel Thng

$31.65

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$31.65

Anonymous

$31.65

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$31.65

Yvonne Thynne

$31.65

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$30

Rachael Slocum

$30

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$26.38

Marita H

$26.38

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$26.38

Cristina

$26.38

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$26.38

Anonymous

Good Luck for the Cook Off on 16 June!

$26.38

Matthew Mcconathy

$26.38

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$21.60

Christopher Pride

$21.10

Elyda Brain

$21.10

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$21.10

Chloe

$21.10

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$21.10

Libby Clement

$21.10

Yogi Buvanasekaran

Good luck!

$21.10

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$21.10

Maia Eruera

Good luck!

$21.10

Angeles Rodriguez

Go Richard!

$21.10

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$21.10

Anonymous

$21.10

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$21.10

Amz Lucas

$21.10

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$21.10

Colleen Shepherd

Brilliant cause - always happy to support the Auckland City Mission

$21.10

Renee Milkop-kerr

super proud to support this!

$21.10

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$21.10

Keith Muirhead

$21.10

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$21.10

Anonymous

$21.10

Marcela Carro Sanchez

Great cause!

$21.10

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$21.10

Anonymous

$21.10

Anonymous

$21.10

Caitlin Ide

$21.10

Yuri S

$21.10

Andrew Bull

$21.10

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$21.10

Jenna Grieve

Love your work Rich!

$21.10

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$21.10

Sandy Ewing

$21.10

Geoff Hemmingson

Fantastic cause Rich, now lets see what you whip up....

$21.10

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$21.10

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$21.10

Anonymous

$21.10

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$21.10

Anonymous

$21.10

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$21.10

Anonymous

The Mission do amazing work

$21.10

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$21.10

Jane Kendall

$21.10

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$20

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$20

Cody Marsh

$16.20

Anonymous

$16.20

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$15.82

James Mccreery

$15.82

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$15.82

Hilary Alcorn

$15.82

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$15

Laura Y

$15

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$15

Vanessa Leung

$10.80

Anonymous

$10.55

Stuart Cartwright

$10.55

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$10.55

Sam Cranston

$10.55

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$10.55

Chris

great initiave!

$10.55

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Tina Chien

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$10.55

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$10.55

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$10.55

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$10.55

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$10.55

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Annie Hu

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$10.55

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$10.55

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$10.55

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$10.55

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$10.55

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Megan

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Rachel Marshall

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