South Africa’s top food and health writers and digital content creators were announced at Chorus, Bertus Basson’s newly opened restaurant at Waterkloof Wine Estate, in Somerset West.
The newly introduced category, the Galliova Egg Hero, which invited entrants to submit content aimed at budget-conscious South Africans with limited disposable income, attracted many newcomers, including food and health writers and social media influencers.
This new award category demonstrates once again how the Galliova Awards is constantly evolving to reflect the local media’s response to the changing needs of South African consumers.
Sponsor of the event, the South African Poultry Association (SAPA) stated that despite the challenges being currently experienced in the poultry industry, eggs are still one of the most affordable animal proteins available.
During the lengthy judging process, all seven judges commented on the excellent calibre of work submitted across all categories, resulting in very close scores between the top five entrants.
Due to the high standards of entries, for the first time in the history of the Galliova Awards, there was a tie for first place in two of the categories.
The 2023 Galliova Award winners are:
The judges could not choose one first-place winner, so it was decided to split this prize between two people and award the second prize to newcomer Dawid Botha.
Introduced in 2022, The Galliova Champion recognises and acknowledges one of the winners, from the other seven categories, for their exceptional work.
It is not a guaranteed award, and only granted if all judges agree one winner surpassed all expectations.
The winners were judged according to their overall promotion of locally produced poultry products, including both eggs and chicken as well as excellence in promoting food culture, food writing, visual appeal and food styling.
The official welcome, to media and members of SAPA was given by Colin Steenhuisen, a member of the SAPA and Egg Boards, and a stalwart of the local egg industry since 1975.
Steenhuisen thanked the judges for the many hours spent scoring the 2023 entries and also the media for their excellent efforts to support and promote South African eggs and chicken.
Steenhuisen acknowledged the challenges that the sponsors of the Galliova Awards, both the broiler and egg producers of SAPA, are currently experiencing but stated that hopefully, the situation would improve in the not-too-distant future.
Well-known television personality, qualified chef, award-winning cookbook author and Galliova judge, Zola Nene, was the MC for the day.
