2025 AHA & Little Creatures WA’s Best Steak Sandwich competition
The 18th annual WA’s Best Steak Sandwich competition concluded with thrilling live cook-offs at the 2025 AHA Hospitality Expo at Crown Perth on 24 and 25 June 2025.
We congratulate the winners for 2025:
Treendale Farm Hotel, Australind (Country WA Winner)
Head chef JunHwi Heo crafted a standout steak sandwich comprising a West Black Angus Scotch fillet, double cheddar cheese, Rocky Ridge home-made BBQ sauce, kimchi relish and sweet and spicy mayo. It was served with smoked pickled onion coleslaw, crumbed green bean and chips.
Carrington’s Bar & Grill, Hamilton Hill (Perth Metropolitan Winner)
Chef Jaspreet (Jass) Singh impressed judges and the crowd with a steak sandwich called “The Wild Thing” featuring a 200g scotch fillet, “candy” bacon, beef bacon, Swiss cheese, rocket, tomato, onion and homemade BBQ sauce on Turkish bread. It was served with beer-battered chips and fried pickle, known as frickle.
Finalists
Our finalists participating in the competition, divided into Perth Metropolitan and Country WA categories.
COUNTRY WA VENUES
Exchange Hotel Pinjarra
Settlers Tavern, Margaret River
The Miners Rest Motel, Kalgoorlie
Treendale Farm Hotel, Australind
PERTH METROPOLITAN VENUES
Carrington’s Bar & Grill, Hamilton Hill
Print Hall, Perth
The Central, Butler
The Last Local, Canning Vale
About the competition
Each venue’s steak sandwich recipe was required to remain consistent throughout the nomination, voting, and live cook-off phases. The steak sandwich had to be available on the menu during the competition period and featured beef or lamb as the main protein.
Finalists were determined through a combination of public votes, mystery judge visits, and judging criteria, with winners crowned live on stage.
Judging Criteria
Finalists were judged on: tenderness of the meat (beef or lamb), composition and presentation, originality and creativity, quality of accompanying chips, sauces, overall flavour and value for money
Prizes
Winners received four premium tickets to an RAC Arena corporate box experience, featuring top-tier food and beverages, valued at over $7,000, courtesy of RAC Arena and AHA(WA). Each Metro and Country winner also received 10 cartons of McCain chips, thanks to McCain.
Additionally, winners earned automatic entry as semi-finalists in the prestigious AHA Hospitality Awards for Excellence category of “WA’s Best Steak Sandwich.”
Thank you to all venues, judges, voters, and attendees for supporting this iconic celebration of WA’s hospitality creativity and culinary skill.