Sunday, 6 May 2012

And the Winner is...


What a weekend it was. The Melbourne International Coffee Expo was host to the 2012 AASCA Australian Barista Championships. With each state’s representatives fighting it out for the top spot, the nervous and anxious tension stayed in the air well into the time the results were being announced. With hearts racing, dreams on the line and the chance of glory imminent, the following results were announced:

Barista Championship:
1st Craig Simon (VIC)
2nd Will Priestly (TAS)
3rd Janelle Kingsley (QLD)
4th Jonny Pisanelli (SA)
5th Matt Troughton (QLD)
6th John Paul Sutton (QLD)

Latte Art:
1st Scott Luengen (QLD)
2nd Angus Mackie
3rd Jen Marks
4th Daniel Freer
5th David Smith
6th Adrian Zwicker (QLD)
7th Ben Morrow
8th Kaya Mc Carthy

Brewers Cup:
1st Matt Perger
2nd Dan Ye
3rd Josh Tarlo
4th Kelsey Carr (QLD)
5th Andy Easthope
6th Eileen Kenny

Cup Taster
1st Fred Lullfitz (QLD)
2nd Jonny Pissanelli
3rd Craig Simons


So what’s next? The champions of the Barista, Brewer’s Cup and Cup Taster will be heading to Vienna, Austria in 36 days (June 12th-15th), and the Latte Art Champion representing in Seoul, South Korea on the 1st-4th of November.

I would just like to take this opportunity to say, not only a massive congratulations to all competitors and champions, but also a huge well done to our Queenslanders. Scott and Fred are the first latte art and cup taster champions, respectively, that Queensland has ever had. It also marks the first time that three Queenslanders have been in the final six of the barista category. Just goes to prove how the coffee scene has progressed and improved over the past few years!

Can’t wait for the World Barista Competition, only 36 days and counting – surely our champions, after the hype of winning has worn off, will be training like crazy do Australia proud. Best of luck boys!

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