The Irish steak, made from Angus cross beef and reared\u00a0in Limerick, was crowned the\u00a0“World’s Best Fillet” at the\u00a0World Steak Challenge and was described by judges as being “picture-perfect fillet with all the flavour to back it up”.<\/p>\n
And while such an accolade would make you think this is a pricey cut of meat, think again: the fillet is sold by supermarket\u00a0Aldi\u00a0under their specially selected own label.<\/p>\n
Competition is tough in this field, as the World Steak Challenge\u00a0examines\u00a0steaks from 25 countries and roughly\u00a031 different breeds, all vying for medals and champion’s titles.<\/p>\n
This was the first time the awards were held in Ireland, and over the course of the night, 75 Irish businesses were celebrated for their produce.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, more than 300 entries were thoroughly inspected at Dublin’s Fire restaurant, with a panel of 40 judges comprising industry experts and consumers giving each entry the once over. Overseeing this was Richie Wilson, the chair of judges and the executive chef of Fire restaurant, and Ioannis Grammenos, the deputy chair, Greek chef and “meatologist”.<\/p>\n
There are seven categories, each hotly contested, and winners were announced at a ceremony in the Round Room of the Mansion House. A steak from Finland was named the “Worlds Best Steak” for the second year in a row,<\/p>\n
The seven category title winners were announced at a ceremony in the Round Room of the Mansion House, with a steak from\u00a0Finland\u00a0securing the overall championship title of “Worlds Best Steak” for a second year running, a\u00a0grass-fed ribeye produced by JN Meat International.<\/p>\n
By the end of the ceremony, 15 Irish producers had pocketed 75 medals, in a competition that up until this year had never seen and Irish winner in any category.<\/p>\n
So there’s only one thing for it:\u00a0it’s time for a celebratory barbeque.<\/p>\n
Read the full list of Irish winners below!<\/strong><\/p>\n Liffey Meats<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 three golds for fillet and ribeye steaks, all grass-fed and raised in Ireland, three silvers and one bronze<\/p>\n Musgrave<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 three golds for grass-fed fillet, sirloin and ribeye raised in Co Cork and one silver<\/p>\n ABP Ireland<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 six golds, four silver and eight bronze medals<\/p>\n Ashbourne\u00a0Meats<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 gold for grass-fed fillet and one silver<\/p>\n Dawn Meats<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 two silver and one bronze<\/p>\n Dunbia UK<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 gold for a grass-fed Aberdeen Angus fillet raised in\u00a0Scotlandand two silvers.<\/p>\n Higgins Butchers, Sutton Co Dublin<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 two silver<\/p>\n James Whelan butchers<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 gold for grass-fed sirloin Angus raised in Co Tipperary and one silver<\/p>\n Kepak<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 gold for a grain fed sirloin SMX raised in Scotland, one silver and three bronze<\/p>\n Kerrigan’s\u00a0butchers, Dublin<\/strong>\u2013 silver for a grass-fed sirloin Waygu\/Holstein.<\/p>\n Martin Jennings Wholesale<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 gold for grass-fed Aberdeen Angus cross fillet and two silver<\/p>\n Martin O\u2019Dwyer Butcher<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 one bronze for a grass fed ribeye raised in Co Tipperary.<\/p>\n Ralvale\u00a0Ltd T\/A FX Buckley Steakhouses<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 gold for grass-fed Aberdeen Angus fillet, raised in Ireland and sold at their Dublin restaurant and two bronze.<\/p>\n Tendermeats\u00a0Ltd<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 gold for a grass-fed ribeye Aberdeen Angus cross raised in Co Galway and available through Dunnes stores and one silver.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The best fillet steak in the world comes from Ireland, it was announced at a ceremony held in Dublin last night. The Irish steak, made from Angus cross beef and reared\u00a0in Limerick, was crowned the\u00a0“World’s Best Fillet” at the\u00a0World Steak Challenge and was described by judges as being “picture-perfect fillet with all the flavour to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1614,"featured_media":54258,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9350],"tags":[9361,9919],"class_list":["post-54257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english","tag-irlandija","tag-restoran"],"yoast_head":"\n