Ballarat’s Best Pie is returning for round three this winter.
From 1-31 August, take your pick from more than 35 savoury and sweet pies at some of the city’s top cafes, restaurants and bakeries.
With twists on traditional flavours through to ambitious creations, there’s sure to be a pie to satisfy all taste buds and palates.
The categories
- Ballarat's Best Pie 2025 (grand prize, second and third)
- Best Savoury Pie
- Best Sweet Pie
- Best Bakery Pie
- Brilliantly Unexpected Pie **new**
- Pie with Purpose **new**
- People's Choice Pie **new**
The judges
- Acclaimed Peruvian-born chef Alejandro Saravia
- Melbourne restaurant critic and presenter Kara Monssen
- MasterChef Australia semi-finalist and Good Chef Bad Chef co-host Tim Bone
- Esteemed food journalist Richard Cornish
The awards
The 2025 Ballarat's Best Pie Awards will be held on Saturday 2 August at Itinerant Spirits from 3pm.
Renowned cook, author and television presenter Julia Busuttil Nishimura will host this special event.
Each category winner will be awarded a one-off hand-painted pie dish crafted by Ballarat's ceramics queen Shelby Sherritt.
Meanwhile, the People's Choice Pie will be determined by a public vote running from 2-31 August, with the winner announced in early September.
