A multi-award-winning agency

Winning awards has never been the priority at Sauce, although as you would expect we still feel very proud every time we pick one up. Because if there’s one thing a long list of accolades tells you, it’s that we must be doing a pretty great job at delivering what we promise… which ultimately, is what every client is looking for.

Awards

Public Relations Institute of Australia (PRIA)

  • 2020 Golden Target Award – National Winner, Agency of the Year

  • 2020 Golden Target Award – National Winner, Agency Team of the Year

  • 2020 Golden Target Award – Bronze, PR Leader of the Year  (Liane Gawne)

  • 2017 Golden Target Award – National Winner, Medium PR Consultancy of the Year

  • 2017 NSW State Awards for Excellence – Winner, Medium NSW PR Consultancy of the Year

  • 2016 Golden Target Award – National Winner, Medium PR Consultancy of the Year

  • 2016 NSW State Awards for Excellence – Winner, Medium NSW PR Consultancy of the Year

  • 2016 NSW State Awards for Excellence – Highly Commended, Top sPRinter (Ariana Shutte)

  • 2015 Golden Target Award – Highly Commended, Medium Australian PR Consultancy of the Year

  • 2015 NSW State Award for Excellence – Winner, Medium NSW PR Consultancy of the Year

  • 2014 Golden Target Award – Commended, Australian PR Consultancy of the Year

  • 2014 NSW State Awards for Excellence – Commended, NSW PR Consultancy of the Year

  • 2010 Golden Target Award – National Winner, Special Events Category

  • 2010 NSW State Award for Excellence – Winner, Special Events Category

CommsCon

  • 2019 Awards – Winner, Mid-size Australian PR Agency of the Year 

  • 2018 Awards – Winner, Mid-size Australian PR Agency of the Year

  • 2016 Awards – Finalist, Australian PR Professional of the Year (Liane Gawne)

  • 2015 Awards – Winner, Mid-size Australian PR Agency of the Year

NSW Business Chamber

  • 2014 NSW Business Chamber Awards – State Finalist, Small Business Excellence Award

  • 2013 NSW Business Chamber Awards – State Finalist, Business Leader Award (Liane Gawne)

Murray Riverina Business Chamber

  • 2014 Regional Business Chamber Awards – Winner, Excellence in Small Business

  • 2013 Regional Chamber Awards. Winner – Business Leader Award (Liane Gawne)

  • 2013 Regional Chamber Awards. Finalist – Excellence in Small Business

Leeton Business Chamber

  • 2015 Business Chamber Awards – Winner, Business Leader Award (Liane Gawne)

  • 2013 Business Chamber Awards – Winner, Excellence in Small Business

Fairfax Agricultural Media and Emerald Grain’s Top 100 Women in Australian Agriculture 

  • 2014 Fairfax Rural / Emerald Grain – Top 100 Women in Australian Agribusiness (Liane Gawne)

Telstra Business Women’s Awards

  • 2014 NSW Telstra Business Women’s Awards – Finalist, Business Owner Award (Liane Gawne)

In 2020, Sauce Communications received three national awards at the prestigious Golden Target Awards run by the Public Relations Institute of Australia (PRIA).

Sauce was named 2020 Medium Agency of the Year, 2020 Agency Team of the Year, and Director Liane Gawne received a bronze for 2020 Leader of the Year. The Agency of the Year Award win was Sauce’s ninth across the Golden Targets and Mumbrella’s CommsCon award programs, which the agency believes to be an industry record in Australia.

Director Liane Gawne said she was incredibly proud of the company’s recognition after a challenging year.

“COVID-19 has been a very challenging time for all industries across the board and for Sauce to have been recognised with these three awards is a testament to the hard work and dedication that my team (past and present) has put in,” she said.

“We are very fortunate to work with such a wide variety of clients across Australia and this recognition provides the continued drive to strive for the best results possible for our clients and ourselves.

“To have won Medium Agency of the Year for the ninth time is even more remarkable when Sauce is a regionally based company up against companies from metropolitan areas, proving to us once again that talent is everywhere and especially in the country!”

Liane added that the Agency Team of the Year was Sauce’s first win in this category, and “a wonderful testament to our agency’s values, culture and the amazing women who work here.”

The prestigious Golden Target Awards run by the Public Relations Institute of Australia (PRIA), are Australia’s longest-running public relations and communications industry awards, recognising strategic and creative thinking, executional excellence and high-achieving people, teams and agencies across the country that have transformed businesses, brands and reputations during the judging period.