All the entries will be evaluated by a team of judges on Wednesday 24th April.
The pies will be judged against a set of criteria including the raw and cooked appearance, as well as the overall eating quality and flavour, texture and succulence of the filling. Pies that reach the standard will be given gold, silver or bronze awards. Only those that achieve a gold award will make it through to the next stage of the competition.
All gold award-winning pies will then undergo a further round of judging in the final, when a winning pie will be determined in both the foodservice and retail categories.
The announcement of the overall winner will be made at the Meat Management Awards on 2nd July in Birmingham.
Hugh Judd, foodservice project manager for EBLEX and head judge, said: “With over 100 entries in this year’s Steak Pie Competition, judging is going to be incredibly tough. Good luck to everyone taking part. The other judges and I are poised and ready.”