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 all the work 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.

Discover the 2024 categories and learn more about the Awards program below.

South Australian Premier addressing 2023 Awards Gala Dinner Audience

Awards Launch Event - Tuesday 7 May 2024

Entries Open - Wednesday 8 May 2024

Entries Close - 5.00pm Monday 15 July 2024

Consumer Award voting opens - Monday 22 July 2024

Consumer Award voting closes - 5.00pm Friday 20 September 2024

Finalists Announced - Monday 30 September 2024

Awards Gala Dinner (Winner's Announced) - Friday 22 November 2024 at the Adelaide Convention Centre

Learn more about the different award categories on offer and the criteria for each.

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 - across industry and among 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 - get your team together and celebrate all your hard work.

Networking opportunities & connections - engage 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, with a different set of awards aimed at 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 work together and set new benchmarks.

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