Enter the World Steak Challenge

Benchmark quality, breed credentials and processing standards on an international stage

Entries for the 2025 competition are closed, if you're interested in entering in 2026, register your interest here.

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Welcome to the 11th edition of the World Steak Challenge. Since we launched in 2015, we have set out to deliver a recognised stamp of quality to support world-class steak production on a global platform. The World Steak Challenge gives steak producers from across the world a unique opportunity to benchmark product quality, breed credentials and processing standards on an international stage.

A total of 304 medals have been awarded at this year’s World Steak Challenge, which recognises the best quality meat across the globe. The full list can be found here. Of the total, 112 were gold medals, 109 steaks were given silver medals and 73 steaks bronze medals following an extensive judging process held earlier this month in Amsterdam. Australia once again took home the most gold medals, with 25 steaks from the country awarded the accolade, the most awarded to any country, closely followed by Ireland, with 24 steaks from the country awarded a gold medal. Overall, Ireland had the greatest medal haul with 68 steaks awarded either a gold, silver or bronze award, ahead of Australia with 40 medals and Argentina with 29 medals.

After ten successful years and with over 25 steak-producing countries having participated, we're continuing to evolve the challenge to better reflect the industry. With the introduction of grass and grain-fed winners for the fillet, sirloin and ribeye categories, plus the two company awards in the form of small and large producer awards, there is even more opportunity for your business to be recognised on a global platform. Find out more about entrant eligibility here.

Securing a medal in the prestigious World Steak Challenge is a great opportunity to raise the profile of your business and open the door to new customers and opportunities. The World Steak Challenge generated over 1.2 billion opportunities to see via print & online press coverage in 2023!

Here are just some of the benefits of entering:

  • Gain an internationally recognised stamp of excellence
  • Independently prove the quality of your product
  • Benchmark quality, breed credentials and processing standards on an international stage
  • Feedback report put together by our panel of industry expert judges
  • Utilise the awards scheme to build exports and drive sales in home markets

Entries for the 2025 competition are closed, if you're interested in entering next year, click here to register your interest.

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Enter one or more categories by selecting the correlating tick-box(s).

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Please note:  Only full blooded Wagyu can enter the Wagyu category, all cross-breeds will need to be entered in the relevant cuts

Deliveries will take place on the 8th and 9th September at Vlees & Co, Amsterdam. 

FAQ's

Once you have completed and paid for your entry, a member of our dedicated team will be in direct contact with complete information about the dispatch and successful delivery of your product.

Judging Information

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Awards Medals


All qualifying steaks from each category will be awarded a Gold, Silver or Bronze medal. Winners can utilise these medals on product packaging and marketing efforts, aligning their produce with an internationally recognised accreditation scheme that symbolises quality.

All Gold medal-winning steaks automatically qualify for our international categories, where we announce the best steak from Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania and South America. We will also reveal who will receive the coveted award of The World's Best Steak.


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.

"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 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

"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’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

"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