ABP Food Group has scooped multiple awards at the World Steak Challenge 2024, as well as several gold medals for Irish grass-fed beef.
ABP Poland was awarded World’s Best Grain-Fed Fillet, World’s Best Grain-Fed Ribeye, and Europe’s Best Steak at the ceremony in London this week.
Overall, ABP Food Group won 42 medals, including 11 gold medals of which five were awarded for Irish beef. In addition, ABP Food Group was awarded the Innovation Award for its Kettyle brand.
“The international competition enables beef producing nations across the globe to compete for these prestigious industry awards,” according to ABP Food Group.
ABP Food Group said the awards result “reaffirms the company’s position amongst the leading beef processors in the EU”. The company received gold medals for the following:
- ABP Ireland – Irish Grass-Fed Ribeye Steak;
- ABP Ireland – Irish Grass-Fed Ribeye Steak;
- ABP Ireland – Irish Grass-Fed Ribeye Steak;
- ABP Ireland – Irish Grass-Fed Ribeye Steak;
- ABP UK– Ribeye Steak;
- ABP UK– Ribeye Steak;
- ABP Poland – Red + White Platinum Fillet Steak;
- ABP Poland – Red + White Platinum Ribeye Steak;
- ABP Poland – Wolowina Ribeye Steak;
- ABP Poland – Red + White Platinum Sirloin Steak;
- Kettyle Irish Foods – Grass-Fed Fillet Steak.
Managing director at ABP Ireland and Poland, Kevin Cahill said: “This achievement reinforces the outstanding quality of the farmers we work with, our quality assurance and our processes which see ABP beef served on Michelin-starred tables worldwide.
“Our teams across Europe have shown great dedication in the last year and this is an outstanding recognition of their success.”
World Steak Challenge
Launched in 2015, the World Steak Challenge gives steak producers from across the world an opportunity to benchmark product quality, breed credentials and processing standards on the international stage.
Products are judged in both raw and cooked form by an expert panel of over 60 independent judges, including chefs, butchers, food writers, meat scientists, authors and trade personnel in a blind tasting, ABP Food Group said.
Other gold medals were awarded to Rewe and Dawn Meats for grass-fed fillet; Dawn Meats and Lidl for grass-fed ribeye; Lidl Ireland and Liffey Meats for grass-fed ribeye; Lidl Ireland and Dawn Meats for grass-fed ribeye; and Lidl for grass-fed sirloin.