Out of Home (OOH) media company, oOh!media has awarded its inaugural Indigenous Business Grant to breakfast food company, The Unexpected Guest

The Unexpected Guest was chosen from a total of 63 submissions due to its entrepreneurial spirit, growth ambitions, and commitment to work with like-minded partners to advance First Nations commerce.

The Unexpected Guest was founded in 2016 by Jenny Khan in south west Sydney. The company creates health bars and organic mueslis, made with native ingredients and sourced from Australian owned businesses.

"As a fully First Nations Australian small business, we love bringing our great tasting organic breakfast products to the tables of people across the country. Driving awareness of the brand continues to be a challenge, so being chosen by oOh! for its first Indigenous Business Grant will give us much needed exposure to help us realise our objectives. We’re thrilled our efforts have been recognised in this way and can’t wait to work with oOh!’s team to share The Unexpected Guest with more Australians," said Director and Owner of The Unexpected Guest, Jenny Khan.

oOh!media launched its inaugural Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) last year to strengthen awareness of and relationships with First Nations people and drive meaningful reconciliation action across the business. The company is currently in the development phase of the Innovate RAP, the next stage of the RAP Framework.

"The quality of submissions for our first Indigenous Business Grant were outstanding and we want to thank all those that took the time to apply. Amongst the strong contenders was The Unexpected Guest, an innovative business that has demonstrated ongoing success and resilience and we are delighted to help support Jenny and this First Nations small business with national audiences at scale across the oOh! network," said Group Director, ESG, oOh!media, Sarah Young.

oOh!media is set to open applications for the 2025 Indigenous Business Grant this December.