Lane 526 Funnel Test in the running for Food & Beverage Entrepreneur of the Year at The Entrepreneur Awards 2027

Lane 526 Test Co has entered Food & Beverage Entrepreneur of the Year in Australia, in the Rising Star band. Every award is decided by public vote.

AUSTRALIA, Friday 25 September 2026. Lane 526 Funnel Test, Lane 526 Test Co, has entered Food & Beverage Entrepreneur of the Year in Australia at The Entrepreneur Awards 2027, in the Rising Star band. The community vote runs from 1 October 2026, closes with entries by region, and names three to five finalists in each category, from votes confirmed one by one by email.

Lane started Lane 526 Test Co 11 years ago. The business is now a team of 40, Lane included.

Finalists are announced four weeks before the night. The winner is named on stage at The Entrepreneur Awards night in Melbourne on June 2027, filmed and streamed, in the room or not. Every country winner goes forward to the Expys Global in Las Vegas in December 2027, where the Global Icon Award winners become EXPY Icons.

How the finalists are chosen

People who know the business vote first: customers, suppliers, staff and peers. One vote per person per category, each confirmed by email. The vote finds the finalists in each category, band and country, and the finalist with the most counted votes wins. Every vote is checked and the count is independently certified. The entry fee pays for the entrant’s page; it never buys a vote, a finalist place or the result, and sponsors never vote.

Every industry runs at three sizes, so owners are up against businesses their own size: Rising Star (under US$1 million a year), Established (US$1 million to US$5 million a year) and Leading (US$10 million plus a year).

Lane's entrant page, with their verified links: expys.org/entrepreneur-awards/nominees/lane-526-funnel-test.

The entry at a glance

Award: Food & Beverage Entrepreneur of the Year. Band: Rising Star. Country: Australia. Business: Lane 526 Test Co, 40 people. In business: 11 years. Stage: Nominee, The Entrepreneur Awards 2027.

About The Entrepreneur Awards

The Entrepreneur Awards name one owner for each industry, in each country, at each size of business. Country winners are named on stage at live nights in Melbourne, Singapore, Sydney, Toronto, Frankfurt, London, New York, Dallas, The Expys Middle East and Riyadh, and at the Virtual Awards Night, streamed, for Hong Kong. Every country winner goes forward to the Expys Global in Las Vegas, where the Global Icon Award winners become EXPY Icons.

About The Expys

The Expys honour the people who make an industry: the people behind live events, the founders who build, and the executives who lead. Three programmes, the Expo Awards, the Executive Awards and the Entrepreneur Awards, run under one house. Every award is decided by public vote: one verified vote per person, every vote checked, the count independently certified. Sponsors never vote. Then the winners take the stage. The Expys live nights bring live music, guest hosts and performers, the walk up, the trophy and a room full of their peers, and the Expys Global in Las Vegas names the EXPY Icons. The Expys: turning industry into icons. expys.org

Notes for editors

Photographs, the Nominee badge and interview requests: the press desk, press@expoawards.org.

The 2027 calendar: the community vote runs from 1 October 2026, entries and the vote close 30 April to 15 May 2027, by region, finalists are announced four weeks before each region’s night, and the country nights run June to July 2027, and Dubai and Riyadh in November. The Expys Global is held in Las Vegas on December 2027.

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