Australian wins Wagyu award
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“What Jack’s Creek has achieved ... over the last few years is a reflection of what the wider Australian industry is doing — there’s a lot of incredible Australian beef out there,”
Australians are pretty proud of the quality of their homegrown beef, and a family-run producer has got the gong to prove it.
Jack's Creek won the World’s Best Wagyu title — for the third time in a row — at the 2026 World Steak Challenge in the Netherlands.
“What Jack’s Creek has achieved... over the last few years is a reflection of what the wider Australian industry is doing — there’s a lot of incredible Australian beef out there,” business manager Bob Barker told AAP.
It’s a big boost for the local wagyu industry, which is the world’s largest exporter with an estimated value of $2 billion a year, according to the Australian Wagyu Association.
Jack’s Creek is based near the small rural village of Willow Tree in the Liverpool Plains, about 375km north of Sydney in NSW.
The business, run by the Warmoll family, has been producing beef for more than 30 years, from Black Angus in the 1980s to Tajima Wagyu in the 1990s.
Of the 128 gold medals handed out in this year’s competition, Australia took 27, narrowly beaten by Ireland on 29.
But it did secure the top World’s Best Steak gong, won by Queensland-based producer Paradigm Foods with its Senku Pure Wagyu submission.
Overall, Australia ran second with a medal haul of 42, after being overtaken by Ireland with 82, but it did beat England on 26.