Ballarat's Best Pie is back for round four in 2026.
Throughout August, take your pick from 30 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.
People's Choice Pie will be decided by a public vote running from 1 to 31 August, with the winner announced in early September.
The 2025 winners
- Grand prize: Mrs Browne Bakes’ raspberry goldfields cookie pie at Naomi & i
- Second: Peach & Portuguese custard pie at Lydiard General
- Third: Apple sty pie at Mondegreen Cafe
Best Savoury Pie
- Lechon paksiw pie at Hotel Canberra’s Stables Cafe & Bar
Best Sweet Pie
- Mrs Browne Bakes’ raspberry goldfields cookie pie at Naomi & i
Best Bakery Pie
- Beef rendang pie at Turret Bakehouse
Brilliantly Unexpected Pie
- Lechon paksiw pie at Hotel Canberra’s Stables Cafe & Bar
Pie with Purpose
- Feral pie at The Shared Table
People's Choice Pie
- First: Mrs Browne Bakes’ raspberry goldfields cookie pie at Naomi & i
- Second: Peach & Portuguese custard pie at Lydiard General
- Third: Emma's Tram Car pulled beef pie
Photography by Chris McConville
