Welcome to the
World Steak Challenge 2026.

Launched in 2015 to provide a recognised stamp of quality for world-class steak production, the World Steak Challenge has become the international benchmark for excellence in the global steak industry. A Senku Pure Wagyu Fillet from Australian producer Paradigm Foods, was named the 2026 World's Best Steak at this year's awards ceremony hosted at Hotel Arena in Amsterdam.

2026 Medallists

Australia reclaims the title of World’s Best Steak at 2026 World Steak Challenge!

Since launching in 2015, producers from more than 30 countries have competed for the title of world's best steak, making the World Steak Challenge the leading international benchmark for steak quality and excellence.

This year's top honour goes to Australian producer Paradigm Foods, whose Senku Pure Wagyu Fillet was crowned World's Best Steak at an award ceremony in Amsterdam on 10 September, following a judging day at Vlees & Co steakhouse. The winning cut also claimed World's Best Grain Fed Fillet and Oceania's Best Steak.

Australian producer Jack's Creek & Albers, a previous winner of the World's Best Steak category, took home World's Best Wagyu. Other winners include Tesco Ireland, which won World's Best Grass Fed Sirloin; LUMA Beef AG in the US, whose ribeye was named North America's Best Steak, Ireland's Dawn Meats, which won World's Best Grass Fed Ribeye and Chilean producer Agricola Mollendo S.A, topped the World's Best Grain Fed Sirloin category. Click here to see the full list of winners.

The Small Producer Award, was won by Toriyama Cattle Farm of Japan, and the Large Producer Award, won by Padoo Wagyu Corporation of Australia.

A total of 328 medals were awarded this year, including 128 gold, 114 silver, and 86 bronze. Ireland topped the gold medal table with 29 wins, narrowly ahead of Australia with 27. Overall, Ireland claimed the largest medal haul with 82 medals in total, followed by Australia with 42 and England with 26. Take a look at the full list of medallists here.

If you're interested in attending or entering the 2027 World Steak Challenge, 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