IBIE 2025 - The Baking Expo™️

IBIE 2025 – The Baking Expo™️

World Bread Awards USA 2024

Crafted by RBA and BBGA

This competition was originally scheduled to take place in Chicago, IL, from October 7-8, 2024; but has been rescheduled to IBIE 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Calling all bakers! The IBIE World Bread Awards crafted by RBA and BBGA, the nation’s most prestigious bread competition, is back for 2024. With 15 award categories, including baguettes, bagels, and sourdough, there’s a place for every type of bread creation. Additionally, they compete for specialty awards like the Showstopper (Savory or Sweet), Home Baker, and the Student Baker. 

This is your chance to be judged by an esteemed panel, win a grand prize of $1,000 and gain invaluable industry recognition. So, dust off your recipes, dig out your mixing bowls, and don your aprons!

The IBIE World Bread Awards USA 2024 will recognize bakers from the following categories. Click on the categories below to view details.

Showcase your bread-making skills alongside your peers and gain recognition from industry experts. Not only will winners receive category trophies and a chance at the grand prize, but all winners will also be celebrated in our PR campaign and across web and social media platforms, bringing you and your bread the acclaim you deserve. 

It’s not only our Category Winners who benefit from entering. With every loaf judged on its own merits against set criteria, you could gain invaluable industry acclaim by scooping our prestigious gold, silver or bronze awards. 

For details on the entry process and to ensure your eligibility, please review the Rules of Entry

  1. Select categories to compete in.
  2. Review our Terms of Entry.
  3. Complete the entry form and submit fee(s) by Monday, September 30, 2024.
  4. Bake, package, label and ship your entries. *NEED NOT BE PRESENT TO WIN*
  5. You have the option to join us in Chicago, IL, from October 6-8, 2024. See details and offerings below.

An entry confirmation email will be sent to the email address provided on your application. Please ensure [email protected] is added to your safe sender list. 

Once the application period closes on Monday, September 30, 2024, you will receive all required paperwork and packaging instructions by email. 

You need not be present to win, but you are welcome to attend the Brunch and Awards Ceremony in Chicago, IL, at 11:15 AM on October 8, 2024. Winners of the IBIE World Bread Awards USA 2024 will be announced during this ceremony at Washburne Culinary & Hospitality Institute.

A unique set of awards which not only celebrate the skill of bread-making at its most diverse and inspiring, but also seek to encourage and foster the art of baking both now and for the future generation.

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