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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. We're excited to announce that the 2026 World Steak Challenge Awards will be heading to Amsterdam on Thursday 10 September 2026, where producers, suppliers and industry leaders will gather to celebrate the very best steaks from around the world. 

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The World Steak Challenge awards are heading to Amsterdam!

Since launching in 2015, producers from more than 30 countries have stepped up to the plate, making the World Steak Challenge the leading international benchmark for steak quality and excellence.

With entries for the 2026 competition now closed, attention turns to the judging process and the highly anticipated awards ceremony, where we will reveal our medal winners, cut and continent winners and the winner of the coveted 'World's Best Steak 2026'.

In 2025, the World Steak Challenge delivered more than 28 million in potential PR reach, helping winning producers gain international recognition across trade, consumer and industry media.

We're excited to announce that the 2026 World Steak Challenge Awards will be held in the Netherlands, at Hotel Arena, Amsterdam, on Thursday 10 September 2026 . Bringing together producers, suppliers, buyers and industry leaders from around the world, the event will celebrate the finest steaks in global production and recognise the best-performing products from this year's competition.

Find out more about attending the 2026 World Steak Challenge Awards below.

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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