Welcome to the
World Steak Challenge.

Launched in 2015 to deliver a recognised stamp of quality to support world-class steak production on a global platform, we give steak producers from across the world a unique opportunity to benchmark product quality, breed credentials and processing standards on the international stage. The 2025 winners have now been announced, click here to find out who came out on top.

2025 Winners

That Concludes the 2025 World Steak Challenge

The 11th edition of the World Steak Challenge concluded on Monday 10 November at Smith & Wollensky, London. A 32-day aged Irish angus striploin that is available in Lidl was named as the World’s Best Steak following the announcement. The steak, from producer Dawn Meats, was also named Europe’s Best Steak and the World's Best Grass-Fed Sirloin.

Australian producer Jack’s Creek, a previous winner of the World’s Best Steak category, took home the accolade of Oceania’s Best Steak for its grain-fed purebred wagyu sirloin, which was also named World’s Best Wagyu. Other winners include Australia’s 2GR Wagyu Beef, which took home the award for World’s Best Grain-Fed Fillet; Fritz Fleisch & Fisch and Bēf&Co for a La Morocha rib-eye that was named South America’s Best Steak; and Meat Japan, whose Juku Japanese Mother Wagyu Striploin A4 was named Asia’s Best Steak. The full list of winners can be found here.

“This year’s winner shows that the best steaks can be available to everybody and the lengths that suppliers and retailers go to bring top quality beef to people’s tables,” says Restaurant editor Stefan Chomka. “Having a winning steak produced close to home is testament to the high quality of Irish beef and the country’s farming methods.”

A total of 304 medals have been awarded at this year’s World Steak Challenge, which recognises the best quality meat across the globe. Of the total, 122 were gold medals, 109 steaks were given silver medals and 73 steaks bronze medals following an extensive judging process held in Amsterdam in September. 

If you're interested in entering the 2025 World Steak Challenge, please register your interest here.

Meet the Judges

Our internationally renowned event is judged blind by a panel of over 60 independent experts including Richie Wilson, well-known TV chef and Culinary Director of FIRE Steakhouse & Bar and Ioannis Grammenos, Executive chef and Meatologist of Heliot Steak House in London.

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Stories

Take a journey from pasture to plate and learn more about the best steak producers across the globe.

Judging Integrity

The World Steak Challenge prides itself on offering an independent, robust and fair judging process from start to finish. Integrity is at the heart of everything we do. Every steak is judged on its own merits against the internationally agreed judging criteria.

Stage One – Technical judging

All steaks are scored blindly on raw and cooked criteria by our expert panel of judges.

Stage Two – Scoring

All scores are totalled and the winners are verified by our judging panel.

Independent

The judging is independent and monitored at every stage. Every steak is judged on its own merits against the internationally agreed judging criteria.

Results

All steaks have the chance to win a gold, silver or bronze medal. The top-scoring steak will receive the coveted award of The World's Best Steak.

"World Steak Challenge is a magnificent event celebrating beef from all over the world, and is a brilliant opportunity for farms, countries and producers to showcase their products - and be proud of their quality and what they do”

Ioannis Grammenos Heliot Steakhouse

"It just goes back to a lot of hard work from our colleagues in Japan and all of the logistics through my team here and our sellers. It’s a pretty proud day really"

David Maher Winner of Asia’s Best Steak & World’s Best Wagyu Steak 2023 ANZCO Foods

"It’s a fantastic footprint and fantastic delivery for the plates of our consumers. It’s all created by fantastic team work from farm level to our abattoirs"

Jacob Rahbek Pedersen Winner of Europe’s Best Steak & World’s Best Fillet Steak 2023 Danish Crown Beef

"It’s my first event so we’ve been lucky enough to be presented with previous awards but to be here and be presented with an award personally is a big accomplishment."

Kaine Allan Winner of World’s Best Steak, Oceania’s Best Steak & World's Best Sirloin 2023 Jack's Creek

"We are super proud and extremely honoured. It was a bit of a surprise to be honest, we weren’t necessarily ready for it but it’s an honour and we are very, very happy to be here. We have been working hard for many years and getting some recognition really helps us differentiate from the rest of our peers. Globally it means a lot and it’s quite a story to tell."

Alex Zymnis Winner of South America's Best Steak 2023 Azul Natural Beef

"It means a recognition. All the people who are working so hard, all the farmers, all the bases which we are working on for many many years. We have the genetics, the feeding options, the facilities to process the cattle in a humane way. We are very happy it finally got the recognition of this gold medal"

Patrick Pouw North America's Best Steak 2023 Nice to Meat