Labour Day BBQ menu for eight

Grab a few extra deck chairs, get the grill going, and enjoy some long-weekend barbecuing (at it's finest!).

Updated May 14, 2025

Grilled caesar salad with barbecued bruschetta
Photo by Roberto Caruso

Savour the season's final balmy evenings with a colourful dinner alfresco. Invite over friends and family, dig the extra deck chairs out of storage and enjoy a meal filled with easy, elegant recipes.

Ginger-wasabi shrimp cocktail sauce in a bowl with fresh cooked shrimp hanging off it next to lime slices and chopped cilantro

(Photo: Roberto Caruso)

Hors d'oeuvres
Ginger-wasabi shrimp cocktail
Wasabi and ginger wake up the taste buds and will add a little extra heat to the bbq menu.

A grilled Caesar salad on a blue and white serving platter on a barbecue table; the salad is made with grilled heads of romaine lettuce and grilled bacon and the dressing is made with vegetable oil; parmesan; lemon juice; garlic; mayonnaise; anchovies; sugar and Worcestershire sauce for a post on an easy grilled Caesar salad recipe

(Photo: Roberto Caruso)

Appetizer & Salad
BBQ bruschetta
Warm and crisp slices of baguette topped with juicy cherry tomatoes tossed in a basil-caper vinaigrette.

Salad
Grilled caesar salad
Grilled halved heads of romaine with crisp bacon and creamy caesar dressing.

Sherried mushrooms and chili-espresso striploin steaks

Sherried mushrooms and chili-espresso steaks
Photo by Roberto Caruso

Main
Chili-espresso strip loin steaks
Steaks gets a rich and spicy update with our chili and espresso rub.

Sherried mushrooms
Browned in butter and seasoned with fresh sprigs of thyme, these mushrooms add an extra layer of flavour to the meal.

Black forest gateau 'mess' recipe
Photo by Roberto Caruso

Dessert
Black forest gateau 'mess'
Round out the evening with a decadent chocolate-cherry dessert, topped with clouds of whipped cream.

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