Awards

South Australian Premier's Food and Beverage Industry Awards Logo

Celebrating Excellence in the South Australian Food and Beverage Industry.

Proudly hosted and managed by Food South Australia, the annual awards program has been instrumental in celebrating excellence in South Australia’s food and beverage manufacturing industry for over 25 years.

The awards are an opportunity for our state’s established and emerging food and beverage businesses and brands to be recognised for the work that they do, and to set a benchmark for success in the industry. 2024's program encourages participation from the entire food value chain, from paddock to plate, and reflects the topics of greatest importance and concern faced by businesses today, including mental health & wellbeing as well as ESG (Environment, Social, and Governance).

Participation in the awards gives South Australian food and beverage businesses, industry service providers, primary producers and hospitality venues the chance to be aligned with a distinguished list of past award recipients and inductees. Winners and finalists are able to use the awards as a powerful recommendation for their business, a chance to develop their sales networks, increase their brand and business profile, evaluate their goals and benchmark their business against the industry's best.

South Australian Premier addressing 2023 Awards Gala Dinner Audience

Awards Launch Event - Tuesday, 7 May

Entries Open - Wednesday, 8 May

Entries Close - Monday, 15 July, 5pm

Consumer Award voting opens - Monday, 22 July

Consumer Award voting closes - Friday, 20 September, 5pm

Finalists Announced - Monday, 30 September

Awards Gala Dinner (Winner's Announced) - Friday, 22 November at the Adelaide Convention Centre

Discover this year's Award Categories and judging criteria for each category.

Award categories are suited to:

South Australian food and beverage manufacturers, producers and processors.

Food and beverage industry service providers.

South Australian primary producers.

Foodservice businesses that are a participant in the EatDrink Local SA program and support and serve South Australian food and beverages.

Award Categories

Benefits of entering the awards:

Recognition - amongst industry and consumers.

Continuous improvement & learning - all entrants go through a process of business or product evaluation

Brand Promotion - winners are recognised through the awards program and are provided with marketing assets.

Employee Satisfaction - celebrate with your colleagues and staff for potentially being recognised for their hard work.

Networking opportunities & connections - connect with members of the industry and learn from the best!

Entries are submitted through our online entry platform. Select your category and start your entry below.

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The South Australian Premier's Food and Beverage Industry Awards first came into being in the late 1990's, as a group of different awards for different primary industry sectors including agriculture, horticulture and fibre. Over the years, award categories have been refined and refreshed and new categories added, to recognise the outstanding contributions to the industry and to South Australia.

Through the connections built by this awards program, our state's reputation for quality, innovation and excellence continues to grow as businesses workj together and set new benchmarks for the industry as a whole.

Food South Australia has fostered the growth of the program every year, culminating inthe Gala Dinner each November, which is now widely recognised as the largest event on the industry's annual calendar.