The 137 successful 2023 Sunshine Coast Business Awards finalists came together with awards sponsors at a special storytelling masterclass and cocktail party celebration at Noosa Springs on Thursday 12 October.
Sunshine Coast Business Awards chair Jennifer Swaine said the event was always a very special one, bringing together everyone to celebrate ahead of the Awards Gala in November, but it was extra special this year.
“This year we wanted to evolve the Finalists Event so the Awards committee looked at the event objectives which is to celebrate the finalists and bring them all together along with our sponsors, as well as to help them make the most of their status as finalists,“ Mrs Swaine said.
“In the past, we have always had a media master class, but this year we focussed specifically on the importance of storytelling – for both the individuals involved and as a business.“
As part of the event, restaurateur and world-renowned chef Peter Kuruvita gave a presentation about how to tell the story of business success and maximise the opportunities created by being involved with the Awards. Peter won Business of the Year 2019 and the Hospitality Large category with the Noosa Beach House the same year. Peter had entered several times before he took out the win and has experienced incredible success in his career.
Sunshine Coast Business Awards Judging Chair Bruce Williams said the Awards committee were incredibly grateful to all the judges, themselves highly successful business people, who volunteered their time to read through the entries and then participated in the finalist interviews.
Now that the two rounds of judging have been completed, we are working towards the much-anticipated Awards Gala, which is the business committee’s biggest night of the year, on Saturday 11 November.
To find out more about the Awards visit sunshinecoastbusinessawards.com.au/
