Awards

The Grand Hotel was crowned the best in Australia!

We are honoured to announce The Grand Hotel has won the National Title of ‘Outstanding Community Service & Achievement 2024’ at The Australian Hotels Association National Awards For Excellence. Up against every other state and territory in Australia, our little old community pub in Warrandyte was crowned the best!

The Grand Hotel won the highly respected Victorian state award of ‘Heart of The Community’ at The AHA (Vic) State Awards for Excellence in May 2024 and this progressed us to the National AHA Awards For Excellence in November 2024, held at The Star Brisbane, to represent Victoria. 

We are a proud standing community focused pub, and to win this national award is a testament to not only the Grand family but the entire Warrandyte community. We love to support all organisations in and around town, the local kids through employment, to those in need when it matters most.

Both awards were judged via a written submission highlighting all that we do, from meat tray raffles and subsequent donations to those in need, to the volunteering of our senior management teams time to support, guide and educate groups in our community, along with providing a safe space for the many mental health organisations within our community. When Warrandyte needs help, we are there to assist.

We can’t thank our entire Grand team enough for all their efforts to support, donate, raise awareness and participate in so many community activities that led us to win this most prized award. We appreciate everyone’s contribution and continued support to enable us to achieve this incredible success.

We did it! We are thrilled to announce The Grand Hotel has won Triple M’s Best Pub of Melbourne 2024!

A massive THANK YOU to our amazing community and team for your unwavering support. This victory is yours as much as it is ours. Thank you for making us your favourite pub!

We want to celebrate this huge milestone together with you all, stay tuned on our Instagram and Facebook for more details to come shortly!

Cheers to more great times ahead!

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• Facebook
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The listeners of Triple M think so!

The team at Triple M visited The Grand to drop the news that we’re nominated for Triple M’s Best of Melbourne for:

• Melbourne’s Best Pub
• Melbourne’s Best Parma

We need your help to be crowned the best of Melbourne and we would greatly appreciate any support.

How to vote:

1. Follow the link below
2. Select ‘Best Pub’ and ‘Best Parma’
3. Enter ‘The Grand Hotel Warrandyte’

Everyone who votes automatically goes in the draw to win $1,000!

Listen carefully on Triple M to hear our General Manager Peter shoutout The Grand.

A massive thank you to the listeners who nominated us and thank you for your ongoing support.

Voting ends 14th of June at 5:00PM AEST. Must be aged 18+ to vote

The Grand Team’s success at the prestigious 2024 AHA (Vic) State Awards for Excellence!

We are thrilled to announce The Grand Hotel won the highly respected award of ‘Heart of The Community’ on Monday 20th of May at The AHA (Vic) State Awards for Excellence 2024 for the second time in four years! 

We are a proud standing community focused pub, and to win this award is a testament to not only the Grand family but the entire Warrandyte community. We love to support all organisations in and around town, the local kids through employment, to those in need when it matters most.

This award was judged via a written submission highlighting all that we do, from Friday night meat tray raffles and subsequent donations to those in need, to the volunteering of our senior management teams time to support, guide and educate groups in our community, along with providing a safe space for the many mental health organisations within our community. When Warrandyte needs help, we are there to assist.

We can’t thank our entire Grand team enough for all their efforts to support, donate, raise awareness and participate in so many community activities that led us to win this most prized award.

We are extremely proud of our entire Grand Team to reach Victorian State Finalists for a further 6 awards:

• Overall Hotel of The Year – Metropolitan
• Parma of The Year
• Best Marketed Hotel
• Best Function and Event Space
• Best Outdoor Experience – Metropolitan
• 4th place in People’s Choice Award

Photos of our Grand Team enjoying the awards night can be found below. 

Discover all the local organisations and charities we sponsor yearly, or support through raffles and donations on our community page here.

Thank you for your ongoing support and kind messages!

We are beyond honoured and beyond proud to announce we are Victorian State Finalists with AHA (Vic) for the upcoming Victorian State Awards For Excellence in six categories:

The six prestigious categories are: 

• Best Outdoor Experience – Metropolitan
• Best Function & Event Space
• Best Marketed Hotel
• Parma of The Year
• Heart of The Community
• Overall Hotel of The Year – Metropolitan

The critical judging consisted of written submissions and mystery shoppers.

Thank you to our wonderful community and our hardworking Grand Team on the initial success.

Ensure you’re following us for updates at the AHA (Vic) awards ceremony on Monday 20th of May at Crown Palladium.

The Grand is in the running for ‘The People’s Choice Award’ at the upcoming AHA (Vic) State Awards for Excellence and voting is up to you!

We need your help to be crowned the number one pub in Victoria. Voting is easy, open to everyone and takes less than 20 seconds.

Here’s how you can put our local Warrandyte pub on the big stage:

1. Follow the link HERE
2. Select ‘Grand Hotel Warrandyte’
3. Done!

Voting is open for a limited time until Monday 25th of March and is restricted to one vote per person.

Thank you for your ongoing support – it is greatly appreciated!

The AHA National Awards for Excellence!

On Monday 27th of November, sitting in the prestigious stands of Adelaide Oval, surrounded by nation wide hospitality industry elite, our General Manager Peter Appleby was crowned the National Australian Hotel Association ‘Local Legend’.

Thank you for your continued passion and drive for the success of the The Grand Team, community and the industry as a whole.

Watch the moment Peter won on our TikTok account:

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The Grand Team attended the prestigious 2023 AHA (Vic) State Awards for Excellence on Monday night and are extremely proud of all achievements made!

The Grand accomplished: 

• Top 5 ‘Overall Hotel of The Year – Metro’ 
• Second place in ‘People’s Choice Award’ for the entire of Victoria
• State Finalist in 9 Awards

2023 Victorian State Finalists in the following categories:

• Best Function and Event Space
• Best Marketed Hotel
• Best Outdoor Experience – Metropolitan
• Emerging Leader of the Year-Alysha Fiumara
• Emerging Leader of the Year-Stephanie Plancke
• Heart of the Community
• Top 25 Parma of the Year
• People’s Choice Award
• Overall Hotel of The Year – Metropolitan

Thank you to our community, staff, friends and family for your continued support.

We are so honoured and proud!

It is with great pleasure to announce our venue is a Victorian State finalist in the ‘Overall Hotel of the Year – Metropolitan’ category.

An incredible effort by our entire Grand Family and community. We feel like winners already for achieving this prestigious status!

We are looking forward to celebrating success on Monday night at Crown Palladium with our industry peers!

We are beyond honoured and beyond proud to be judged Victorian State Finalists with AHA (Vic) for the upcoming Victorian State Awards For Excellence in 7 categories.

The 7 prestigious categories are:

• Best Function and Event Space
• Best Marketed Hotel
• Best Outdoor Experience – Metropolitan
• Emerging Leader of the Year-Alysha Fiumara
• Emerging Leader of the Year-Stephanie Plancke
• Heart of the Community
• Parma of the Year

The critical judging consisted of written submissions, mystery shoppers, CV’s and interviews.

Thank you to our wonderful community and our awesome Grand Team on the initial success.

Stay tuned for updates to see if we win at the AHA (Vic) awards ceremony on Monday 15th of May at Crown Palladium.