Voting Opens and Tickets Available for Chamber Awards

Wednesday, 21 October 2026 at 06:15

Photo Credit: Woodstock and District Chamber of Commerce website

The Woodstock District Chamber of Commerce will host the 29th annual Business Awards of Excellence on November 4th.

WOODSTOCK - November is right around the corner, so the Woodstock District Chamber is Commerce is gearing up for the annual Business Awards of Excellence.

General Manager Mike Crabbe says this is something they look forward to every year.

"The Woodstock Chamber hosts our annual Business Awards of Excellence every November. This year we're celebrating our 29th year of shining a spotlight on local businesses that have gone above and beyond and deserve a bit of recognition from our community."

The voting opened on Monday and there are 22 nominees for the eight different categories. You can find the complete list below:

Outstanding New Business Award
- Good Times Neighbourhood Bar & Restaurant
- The K.O. Room
- Tansy's Bridal & Formal Wear

Young Entrepreneur/Professional of the Year
- Blissfully Barefoot
- Embro Custom Sheet Metal
- P.B's Fries

Community Engagement Award
- Alzheimer Society Southwest Partners
- Women's Employment Resourse Centre
- Woodstock Minor Football Association (Woodstock Wolverines)

Professional Services of the Year
- Oxford Plumbing
- Select Heating and Cooling Inc.
- Shine Window Cleaning Inc.

Outstanding Food Service Award
- Amicucci's Risto by Dolcetto
- MyKitchen
- The Soulful Spoon

Outstanding Achievement Manufacturing Award
- ArcelorMittal Tailored Blanks
- Soprema

Outstanding Commercial/Retail Award
- Chris Seafood
- Fair/Square
- Whitelaw Automotive

Agri-Business Award
- Gunn's Hill Artisan Cheese
- New Galma Dairy & Creamery

You can submit one vote for each category online here, but you have Monday, November 2nd at 12:00 p.m. to do so.

The ceremony itself will be taking place in the Boughtflower Hall at South Gate Centre on Wednesday, November 4th. Crabbe says they will also hand out the Presidents Award that evening.

"Every year its the Presidents opportunity to look out to the business community at both businesses and individuals, and choose a worthy recipient that is doing something spectacular, above and beyond, or making a difference in our community so we can give them some recognition."

The event will begin with a cocktail hour at 6:00 p.m., which will be followed by a dinner catered by sixthirtynine at 7:00 p.m.. The awards ceremony should underway at 8:10 p.m. and everything should wrap up by 10:00 p.m..

Tickets cost $110 including HST and you can purchase tickets online here.

Mike Crabbe called the Heart FM studio to chat with Dan and Marcie on Tuesday, October 20th. You can listen to the full interview below: