2004 Winners of the Gippsland Business Awards

2004 inductee to the Hall of Fame was ‘Paul The Pieman’ of Yarram and Inverloch.

Gippsland Business of the Year
won by:

Patties Foods

Before a capacity audience of 400 people, Patties Foods, the Bairnsdale business that recently bought ‘Four and Twenty’ Pies off a multinational business and generated significant new employment opportunities in East Gippsland was presented with the winner’s certificate and trophy by Federation Health Chairperson
David Blythman.

The Federation Health Gippsland Business Awards drew unprecedented interest from businesses across Gippsland

Hall of Fame Inductee
won by:

Paul the Pieman

Paul and Robyn Woods receive their awards as inductees into the Gippsland Business Awards Hall of Fame

Accommodation
won by:

Chestnut Hill Country Retreat

Colin Wright of Phillipsons presents Malcolm and Pearl Findlay of Chestnut Hill Country Retreat the award for the Accommodation category.

Agriculture/Primary Producer
won by:

R Radford & Son

Robert Radford of R Radford & Son hold their awards for the Agriculture/Primary Producer category which was presented by Colin Kiel of Kiel Industries.

Commerce/Information Communications Technology
won by:

Promaccom

John Todd and Kate Fooke receive the award on behalf of thier company from Loretta Willaton representing the category sponsor Telstra Country Wide.

Environment & Sustainable Business Practice
won by:

K&C Fisheries

Ian Nethercote of Loy Yang Power presents the joint winners of this award to Zorro Parmigiani of K & C fisheries.

Hospitality
won by:

Neilson's Restaurant

Peter Kullich representing the category sponsor, the Baw Baw Shire Council, presented the Hospitality award to Damien Gannon, Lewis Prince and Brad Neilson of Neilson's Restaurant

New Business
won by:

Chumba Concept Salon

Maree McPerson of Gippsland ACC presents Carl Keeley and Belinda Watts of Chumba Concept Salon with the New Business award.

Retailing
won by:

Orbost AUR Food Rite

Brendan Jenkins MP on behalf of the
Dept. of Innovation, Industry
and Regional Development presents the award for Retailing to Stephen and Karen Price from Orbost AUR Food Rite

Bob and Lorraine MacGillivray receive the Service award from Barbara Fulton representing category sponsor Members & Education Credit Union.

Michelle Chester and Kathryn Ritzer-Alexander hold the category awards in the Wellington Shire Council's Tourism section .

Young Achievement Award

In a first for the awards, there was a special presentation to Yarumba, a school based company auspiced by South Coast Christian College and Young Achievement Australia.

Rebecca Crouch, Anna Hughes and Cortney Evans received the award from Les Hardy from the sponsor Monash University.

The Federation Health Gippsland Business Awards drew unprecedented interest from businesses across Gippsland.

Chairperson Chris Buckingham said: ‘The quality of nominations this year was of a very high quality. This is a great sign that business in Gippsland continues to improve across the board. The breadth and quality of nominations demonstrate that businesses can thrive in a regional environment. The Awards are a celebration of the great things that are happening in the Gippsland Business Community.’

In a first for the awards, there was a special presentation to Yarumba, a school based company auspiced by South Coast Christian College and Young Achievement Australia.

Chris Buckingham continued: ‘The future of business in Gippsland is our young people. We were delighted to be working with Monash University Gippsland and Young Achievement Australia in recognising the young business talent in the region’