2019 Best in Business: All the finalists and winners

Find out who took out the overall Best in Business award for 2019.

Best In Business Award Winners 2019.

MORE THAN 300 people donned their best suit and gowns for the Best in Business awards on Saturday night.

With 23 categories to be won, here is the list of all finalists and winners for each category.

The awards night is presented by The Observer, Gladstone Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Gladstone Area Promotion Development Limited.

 

Accommodation & Resort

 

Finalists:

Bororen Hotel Motel

Gladstone Reef Hotel

Heron Island

Oaks Grand Gladstone

Rydges Gladstone

 

Winner:

Mercure Gladstone

 

Tourism Attraction

 

Finalists:

Curtis Ferry Services

East Shores

Gladstone Region Tours

Tondoon Botanic Gardens

 

Winner:

Boyne Tannum HookUp

 

Café & Takeaway:

 

Finalists:

Blend Café

Callemondah Café Corner & Takeaway

Kandy Couture

Mount Larcom Café & Collectable

The Outlook Cafe

 

Winner:

JetBar & Café Catering

 

Events

 

Finalists:

Boyne Tannum HookUp

Ecofest

Gladstone Multicultural Festival

Under the Trees

 

Winner:

Combined Rotary co-ordinated Community -Response to Domestic & Family Violence

 

Best Individual Service

 

Finalists:

Allison Totorica - CQ Taxation

Janenne Suter - Mystique Jewellers

Kate McDermott - Megan Leane Dietitian

Liam Jones - Compleat Angler

 

Winner:

Jodie Dyer - Dirt Cheap

 

Industry Engineering & Manufacturing

 

Finalists:

MPV Sandblasting & Coating Services

Purcell's Engineering

Universal Cranes

Upton engineering & manufacturing

 

Winner:

Boyne Smelters

 

Trades & Services

 

Finalists:

Dirt Cheap

Express Auto Electrics

Gladstone Flooring Xtra

Workpac Recruitment

 

Winner:

Rayment Excavations

 

Auto & Marine

 

Finalists:

Coombs Mechanical Repairs

Curtis Coast Marine

Gladstone Springs

Harbour City Harley Davidson

Ship & Sail

 

Winner:

Andersons Auto City

 

Health, Beauty & Wellbeing

 

Finalists:

Belle Ame Beautique

Crown 2 Reign

Garage Barber Shop

Megan Leane Dietitian

 

Winner:

Physioshop Gladstone

 

Professional Services & Sales

 

Finalists:

CQ Taxation Services

Gladstone Flooring Xtra

H & R Block Tax Accountants

Megan Leane Dietitian

 

Winner:

GTC Financial

 

Retail Less than 10 staff

 

Finalists:

Gladstone Flooring Xtra

Kandy Couture

Mystique Jewellers

Robins Kitchen

 

Winner:

Dirt Cheap

 

Entertainment & Recreational Business

 

Finalists:

1770 LARC! Tours

Compleat Angler

Gladstone Cinemas

Kandy Couture

 

Winner:

Above & Beyond Swim School

 

Young Business leader

 

Finalists:

Megan Leane - Megan Leane Dietitian

Michaela Spencer - McDonalds

Mitchell Upton - Upton Engineering & Manufacturing

Rhys Evans - Plumbcall

 

Winner:

Renee Ballinger - UHY Haines Norton CQ

 

Business leader

 

Finalists:

Allison Totorica - CQ Taxation

Bronti Hayward - Belle Ame Beautique

Kim Curd - Kandy Couture

Liam Jones - Compleat Angler

 

Winner:

Robert Gibb - ConocoPhillips

 

Local Franchise

 

Finalists:

Gladstone Flooring Xtra

Harvey Norman

Mister Minit

Smallprint Central Queensland

 

Winner:

Jamaica Blue

 

Not for Profit Clubs Community & Association

 

Finalists:

Calliope Rotary Club

Clinton Football Club

Gladstone Animal Rescue Group

Gladstone Maritime Museum

Mission to Seafarers

 

Winner:

Gladstone Gymnastic Club

 

Business of Choice

 

Finalists:

Gladstone Flooring Xtra

Megan Leane Dietitian

Rayment Excavations

 

Winner:

Garage Barber Shop

 

Observer Innovation Award

Winner: Les Anderson - Andersons Auto City

 

Observer Stand out Business Over the Past 10 Years

Winner: UHY Haines Norton

 

Business to watch

Winner: Kandy Couture

 

2019 Best in Business Encouragement Award

Winner: Mitchell Upton - Upton Engineering & Manufacturing

 

Judges Choice Award

Winner: Tondoon Botanic Gardens

 

Overall 2019 Best in Business Winner

Winner: Rayment Excavations