• The Kakadu Kitchen x OzHarvest collaboration took home the Gamechanger Award at the inaugural Hive Awards.
Source: Sharleen Christie Photography
    The Kakadu Kitchen x OzHarvest collaboration took home the Gamechanger Award at the inaugural Hive Awards. Source: Sharleen Christie Photography
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Australia’s premier media platform for food and beverage manufacturers, Food & Drink Business, is bringing its annual Hive Awards program back for a second year running, and is calling for entries from across the sector. The entry period has been extended until 27 February!

The Hive Awards aim to celebrate excellence from all around the food and beverage sector, from innovative technology to successful business practice. Entries are now open for a limited time, closing on 27 February, so make sure to get in quickly!

In anticipation of the 2025 entries, we are celebrating last year's hive of innovative and hard-working businesses. The 2024 Gamechanger winner was the collaboration between OzHarvest Ventures and Kakadu Kitchen, which developed the Conscious Drink, a lightly sparkling zero-alcohol wine alternative that transcends traditional categories and champions sustainability and ethical practices.

 

Head to thehiveawards.com.au to find out more and submit an application. Entries close at 4pm, Thursday 27 February 2025.

A special thank you to our industry partner and all our sponsors for making these awards possible.

Sponsors of The Hive Awards 2025

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