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Hosted every February, The Avies is Australian Venue Co’s annual awards night which celebrates our team and acknowledges their contribution to the business. We invited 600+ of our leaders, including every Venue Manager, Head Chef, all award nominees, and other senior leaders from across Australia & New Zealand. It was the first time we’ve had a team event of this size, and we loved having so many of our team in one room!
We celebrated at The Park, our beautiful lakeside functions venue in Albert Park, Melbourne. The night began with some soulful tunes from Gospel Sundays while our team enjoyed a selection of welcome cocktails including Ruby Shores, Bloody Yummy Sour & The White Rabbit – the perfect way to sample the Cocktail of the Year Finalists. Canapes from The Park included bite-sized pub favourites like arancini balls, chicken skewers, mini burgers and more.
Comedian Tommy Little made a special appearance to deliver some belly laughs followed by a live performance from Hay Bax to keep the party going throughout the night.
We serve up thousand of delicious parmas everyday and this year we challenged our team mates to see who could eat a whole parma the quickest! A huge round of applause to everyone that entered.
Winner: Clifford Newton from Telegraph Hotel & Amelia Lipzker, Senior Operations Manager, Victoria
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The Avies has four major award categories with some fantastic prizes up for grab. These include, Venue Manager of the Year, Chef of the Year, Hall of Fame and Venue of the Year. A winner is awarded in each state and each winner goes into the running as a Finalist, who is announced on the night.
This award goes to an individual that believes in our values, promotes a cohesive relationship with all stakeholders & team members, controls labour, executes innovative ideas to build new revenue streams, focused on progressing future leaders within their team, is a true publican and keeps our customers returning for more
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This award goes to an individual that promotes a cohesive kitchen & front of house relationship, has an engaged team, provides consistent quality of food, controls labour & the offering keeps our customers returning for more
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This award goes to a team member that lives and breathes the AVC values in venue.
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This award goes to the team that encompasses all aspects of a successful venue, great public appeal demonstrated via consistently high results, a dedicated and engaged team, and a solid social media presence.
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This award goes to a kitchen team member who is a future leader in AVC, has a can do attitude, is willing to learn & progress, shows initiative to excel in their role & follows our AVC values.
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This award goes to a signature cocktail creation with proven sales & social media awareness.
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This award goes to a signature dish with proven sales & social media awareness.
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This award goes to the venue that snapped up the best gigs with proven sales & glowing reviews.
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This award goes to the venue that has achieved the highest ratio of positive to negative reviews and improvement on Review Tracker in the last year to date.
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Winner: Naracoorte Hotel, SA
This award is designed to recognise venue excellence in marketing. Consistency in brand representation across all social channels and innovation in execution, as well as a collaborative relationship between venue & HO marketing team.
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This award goes to the individual who is focused on driving the AdVanCe program, has a highly engaged team & proven progression of employees who are our future leaders.
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This award goes to the venue that successfully executed the most innovative idea, where the creativity was celebrated & our customers felt an experience.
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This award goes to a team member that has demonstrated dedication to safety in venue, leading by example consistently.
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This award goes to the individual who is focused on driving their professional development, is highly engaged & proven progression through AVC training.
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This award goes to the gaming venue which consistently delivers exceptional gaming service to our customers, has over 25% customer engagement in the loyalty program, active promotions which are executed to their full potential, tracking above budget & outstanding SOP execution.
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In the spirit of reconciliation, we acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.
We are a place free from discrimination, where everyone belongs. We respect and celebrate the diversity of our communities, including people of all cultural and faith backgrounds, classes, gender or sexual identities, ages and abilities and we are committed to creating a safe and welcoming space for all.
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