Winners of the 2024 Australian Small Business Champion Awards have been crowned, including 12 hospitality-based small businesses.
More than 100 small businesses were honoured from 12 to 13 April at The Star in Sydney, New South Wales where the culmination of the awards’ saw more than 2000 small businesspeople converge for the red-carpet gala event.
“This year’s awards saw more than 5500 small business submissions from cities as well as rural, regional and suburban towns in every Australian state and territory,” says Steve Loe, Awards Founder and Managing Director of Precedent Productions.
“Operating a small business today requires steadfast commitment, leadership, savviness, creativity, people skills, vision, social consciousness, and a spirited drive – all elements of success that our independent judging panel pinpointed as among the key reasons for their selections of this year’s champions.”
The awards program celebrates the achievements and considerable economic, social, and cultural contribution of today’s 2.5 million small business operators from across the country. It specifically highlight the finest small businesses in the retail, services, and manufacturing industries.
Some of this year’s award winners in the hospitality category include:
- Cooks Confectionery of Albion Park Rail in NSW won the Food Manufacturing award.
- Farrar & Sons Bakehouse based in Mayfield NSW won the 2024 Bakery category.
- Luna N Soul at Quinns Rock in Western Australia won the Café category.
- Kambalda Hotel in Western Australia was named winner of the Casual Dining category.
- Plenty Catering Co at Edwardstown in South Australia won the Catering Business category.
- Ripe Cheese based in Melbourne won the 2024 Fresh Food category.
- One Minute SNAXX from Yarrabilba in Queensland won the Health Food Business category.
- Pilu at Freshwater in NSW won the highly competitive Restaurant category.
Each of this year’s Champions received a customised statuette trophy and certificate as a nationally recognised industry leader.
For a full list of 2024 Australian Small Business Champion Award winners, visit businesschampions.com.au.