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| The contest attracts various pie-makers from all over Australia;<ref> {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025004258/http://www.thedaily.com.au/news/2007/sep/30/pies-have-it/ |date=25 October 2007 }} – The Sunshine Coast Daily, ''30 Sept 2007''</ref> the pies for the contest are judged anonymously to avoid bias towards or against specific bakeries or states. Run in parallel to the main contest is one for gourmet pies, with categories for such fillings as chicken, seafood and even vegetarian pies. As well as the main prize, certificates of excellence are awarded for entries that reach set quality standards. The main award is coveted due to the increased sales it generates, with many people travelling interstate to sample the winning pie.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/australia-food-blog/2014/may/07/meat-pie-a-great-australian-dish|title=Meat pie: a great Australian dish|first=Max|last=Veenhuyzen|date=6 May 2014|access-date=5 August 2017|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref> | The contest attracts various pie-makers from all over Australia;<ref> {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025004258/http://www.thedaily.com.au/news/2007/sep/30/pies-have-it/ |date=25 October 2007 }} – The Sunshine Coast Daily, ''30 Sept 2007''</ref> the pies for the contest are judged anonymously to avoid bias towards or against specific bakeries or states. Run in parallel to the main contest is one for gourmet pies, with categories for such fillings as chicken, seafood and even vegetarian pies. As well as the main prize, certificates of excellence are awarded for entries that reach set quality standards. The main award is coveted due to the increased sales it generates, with many people travelling interstate to sample the winning pie.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/australia-food-blog/2014/may/07/meat-pie-a-great-australian-dish|title=Meat pie: a great Australian dish|first=Max|last=Veenhuyzen|date=6 May 2014|access-date=5 August 2017|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref> | ||
| ==Trophy winners== | |||
| ===2025=== | |||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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The Great Aussie Pie Competition is an Australian food competition held annually the Great Aussie Pie Contest began in 1989 to find commercially produced meat pie produced in Australia, to promote higher quality pie production, and to attempt to increase media attention upon the foodstuff, with the meat pie often dwarfed by the omnipresent advertising of fast food chains.
The contest attracts various pie-makers from all over Australia; the pies for the contest are judged anonymously to avoid bias towards or against specific bakeries or states. Run in parallel to the main contest is one for gourmet pies, with categories for such fillings as chicken, seafood and even vegetarian pies. As well as the main prize, certificates of excellence are awarded for entries that reach set quality standards. The main award is coveted due to the increased sales it generates, with many people travelling interstate to sample the winning pie.
Trophy winners
2025
See also
References
- "The Great Aussie Pie Competition – The Great Aussie Pie Competition". Greataussiepiecomp.com.au. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
- The pies have it! Archived 25 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine – The Sunshine Coast Daily, 30 Sept 2007
- Veenhuyzen, Max (6 May 2014). "Meat pie: a great Australian dish". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 August 2017.