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For 22 years the Official Great Aussie Meat Pie Competition has served to promote and celebrate Australia’s much-loved icon; the perfect meat pie. The annual Competition, which is held at alternate Fine Food Shows in Melbourne & Sydney, is open to all pie making professionals and attracts thousands of entries from bakers across Australia. As the original and only nationally recognised pie competition in Australia, the Competition is highly regarded by the baking industry and represents the pinnacle of pie making excellence. Winning a medal at the Competition is the ultimate goal of many pie making professionals and, as a result the standard of entries are high, with the awards being hotly contested.

In 2011 the owners of the Competition, the Australian Pie Council, renamed the event by omitting the word “meat” from the title, to reflect the ethnic influence in Australia, and to encompass the fast-growing gourmet pie category. The Competition is now known as the Official Great Aussie Pie Competition.

The Official Great Aussie Pie Competition 2012 will be held 10-13 September at Fine Food Australia at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre.

The 2011 Plain Meat Winners! St George’s Bakehouse Ben Rosenthal (Bakery Manager) Harry Prandalos (Operations Manager) George Theodoulou (Owner)

The 2011 Gourmet Winner! Micks Bakehouse, Mick Di Salvatore (Owner)

Judges at Fine Food Sydney