Aim of the awards

The Galliova Awards (Galli= Latin for chicken, ova = egg) are awarded annually to the best food and health media in South Africa, whether their work is published in print magazines and newspapers, digital magazines or newspapers, online magazines or newspapers and social media influencer pages.   

The Galliova Awards are sponsored by the Egg and Broiler Producers of the South African Poultry Association (SAPA). The 2025 Galliova Awards are open to food and health content creators for any of the above type of media with a credible following.

The organisers and sponsors of the Galliova Awards strive to remain relevant in the changing media landscape. With this in mind, this year’s Galliova Awards will see many changes, taking on a much broader and all-inclusive view in order to encourage more entrants and most of all, encourage up-and-coming content creators to enter. The inclusion of chicken and eggs will, as always, remain important but the T’s & C’s of previous years will now be simplified.

The goal of the Galliova Awards has always been to recognise excellence in the overall promotion of food culture and the evident support of locally produced poultry products, including both eggs and chicken. With media now having to perform a multitude of tasks which in previous years were handled by a team, we now have what could be referred to as a ‘content creator’. The past couple of years has seen different types of content published – some focussing a bit more on writing, others on styling and some on recipes – or a combination thereof.  Fitting this new breed of food or health content creators into one box has become extremely difficult if not impossible. 

The Galliova judges, however, can easily recognise where one ‘content creator’ shines above the rest in a specific category – whether entering full length articles, recipes, posts, captions, images –  which promote food and health, and this is what the 2025 Galliova judges will be looking out for.

We look forward to celebrating the unique voices, creativity, and passion that define South Africa’s food and health media. If you are a content creator who inspires, informs, or delights your audience with quality, originality, and a love for food and wellness — the Galliova Awards 2025 is your platform to shine.