The world is full of fantastic, delicious, and innovative jerky. That’s why our panel of experts tastes each year some of the best, and ranks and celebrates what they find.
The Annual Jerky Awards competition rewards the Top Jerky creations of the Year.
Products from across the country entered into this competition, and were sent to a select jury panel of food & wine media and industry judges located throughout North America. This panel tasted, reviewed and voted on which they consider to be the “Top Jerky of the Year” by the TASTY AWARDS panel, the Academy of Media Tastemakers.
The TASTY AWARDS celebrate the year’s best achievements in artisan Food, Drink, and Fashion products, as well as honoring outstanding Restaurants and Chefs, including Popup Restaurants.
Annual TASTY AWARDS competition categories include awards for the best Healthy Gourmet Snacks, Jerky, Herbal Tea, Chocolates & Confections, Honey, New Release Wines, artisan Fragrances, Swimwear, and Cosmetics/Skincare.
The judges and reviewers for this year’s selections come from a panel of gurus from the Academy of Media Tastemakers. Here are their favorites