One of Boston's few Australian restaurants is holding a big "barbie" — the down-under version of a barbeque — this month to raise money for the immense, deadly wildfires currently burning through the country.

KO Catering & Pies is aiming to raise $100,000 through the Boston Barbie for Bushfire Support it's rushing to put together on Jan. 28, said KO chef and co-owner Sam Jackson. The $150-per-ticket fundraiser will feature dozens of Boston-area chefs, including some of the best in the city, like TV star Ming Tsai of Blue Dragon.

"The platform and the scope that we would have from this would far outweigh anything that I could do on my own," Jackson said from a vacation in Europe, where he came up with the idea last week.

He said he'd been feeling terrible despite being on holiday since

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