• Hive Awards heating up: final call for entries!
Source: Yaffa Media
    Hive Awards heating up: final call for entries! Source: Yaffa Media
  • The Hive Awards inaugural event took place on Thursday, 16 May at the Everleigh, Sydney, to a room buzzing with excitement.
    The Hive Awards inaugural event took place on Thursday, 16 May at the Everleigh, Sydney, to a room buzzing with excitement.
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    Hive Awards 24 Golden Hive award
  • The Hive Awards 2024: Mason Bagios, founder and CEO of Kommunity Brew, accepting the 2024 Golden Hive Award.
    The Hive Awards 2024: Mason Bagios, founder and CEO of Kommunity Brew, accepting the 2024 Golden Hive Award.
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Calling on all innovators in food and drink manufacturing. We extended the deadline for The Hive Awards 2025 and the floodgates opened! Don’t miss this opportunity to have your project or product on centre stage and celebrated in Australia's only awards program that encompasses the whole sector. 

You now have until Monday, 3 March to get your entries in. 

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From ingredients to local manufacturing to creating value through innovation for you or your customers, there is a category that fits your business.

The Hive Awards 2024: The Dinner Ladies won the Business Excellence for less than 75 employees. (Source: Yaffa Media.)
The Dinner Ladies won the 2024 Business Excellence Award for a company with over 75 employees.
Source: Yaffa Media.

Some tips on entering

  • Look at how each section is weighted and complete that section accordingly.
  • The judges are looking for quantifiable, concrete evidence that supports your entry, not a promotion of your product or company.
  • Read the award categories carefully – if you’re unsure of which category to enter, please email us for guidance.
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