Enter the World Steak Challenge

Benchmark quality, breed credentials and processing standards on an international stage. Entering the World Steak Challenge is about far more than medals. It’s about visibility, credibility and insight.

Entries are CLOSED for 2026

Since launching in 2015, producers from more than 30 countries have stepped up to the plate, making the World Steak Challenge the leading international competition dedicated to recognising excellence across the global steak industry.

Entries for the 2026 World Steak Challenge are now closed, and attention turns to the judging process and the highly anticipated awards ceremony in Amsterdam this September.

In 2025, the World Steak Challenge delivered over 28 million in potential PR reach, helping winning producers gain international recognition across trade, consumer and industry media. This year, another exceptional field of steaks will compete for the industry's most prestigious accolades. Find out more about entrant eligibility here. If you enter at least one steak into the World Steak Challenge, you are eligible to enter our company awards.

If you're interested in entering the 2027 World Steak Challenge, register your interest here, and we will be in touch when entries re-open next year!

Want to be among the first to discover this year's winners? Join producers, suppliers, buyers and industry leaders in Amsterdam as we celebrate the world's finest steaks. Find out more about attending the 2026 World Steak Challenge Awards here.

Categories

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

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

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