TOP THREE TO TRAVEL TO LONDON 2010
Who will take the trophy in 2010?
Come on down and watch your favourite barista, bragging rights and a spot to London up for grabs!
Open event no entry charge...
National Finals
Allpress Roastery, Cnr Adelaide & Drake St, Auckland
Saturday 17th April 12.35 - 5.30pm Announcement of top three
Running order was chosen using a randomiser.
- David Huang 12:35
- Matt Troughton 1:05
- Kayoko Nakamura 1:35
- Nick Clark 2:05
- Luciano Marcolino 2:35
- Erin Luke 3:05
- Hideyuki Kono 3:35
Judges:
- Head:Chris White, Altura Coffee
- 2nd Head: Emma Markland Webster, Atomic Coffee Roasters
- Sensory: Scott Pepler, Cerebos Gregg's Ltd
- Sensory: Glen Crompton, Rocket
- Sensory: Amy Reason, Bell Tea and Coffee
- Sensory: Brydon Price, Atomic Coffee Roasters
- Tech: Andrew Feldon, Streetwise Coffee, Sanson
- Tech: Bernard Smith, Vivace Espresso
What's it all about?
The World Barista Championship organization (WBC) has licensed The New Zealand Coffee Roasters Association to run the New Zealand Barista Championships for 2008 and into the future.
Regional barista competitions will be held in Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland during March and April with the National final in Auckland in April 2010. The three regional championship events will be held at coffee roasteries and the final will be held at The Allpress Roastery/HQ Auckland.
NZCRA is committed to running the events in close accordance with WBC standards. Our focus is on producing a field of finalists capable of competing successfully at an international level, and of course a winner who can excel at the world finals.
The National Champion will travel to London in June 2010 to represent New Zealand at the WBC International Final. Kiwis have historically done well at the WBC, also this year not only will the winner to travel to London but the first and second runners up in the national final will travel to London as part of 'Team New Zealand'. We are yet to have a New Zealand World Champion - will 2010 be our year!
If you are keen to participate there are a few things you should consider. Running to the WBC standards is time consuming and means we can put only 22 contestants through in a day. In the event that there are more than 22 entrants for a regional competition, we will conduct a selection process, awarding entry to those competitors we consider best able to excel in competition conditions. This means the information entrants provide us at time of entry is particularly important, to help us make a sound selection.
Dates are:
Christchuch - Saturday 6th March 9am- 7pm at C4 Roastery Lichfield Street Christchurch
Wellington - Sunday 21st March 9am- 7pm at Caffe L'affare Wellington.
Auckland - Sunday 28th March 9am-7pm Bell Tea and Coffee Auckland.
National Final - Saturday 17th April at Allpress Roastery in Auckland
Check out video of 2008 World Barista Champion Stephen Morrissey
http://www.worldbaristachampionship.com/videos/2008_morrissey.html
Information on rules and regs can be found at http://www.worldbaristachampionship.com/
Any curly questions? Contact Emma emma@nzcra.org.nz or 021 190 3868
Entry period Monday November - January
The top two placing baristas in the regional heats are guaranteed a place in the national final, however the judges also reserve the right to place up to three wildcard entries into the national final.
Points win Prizes
Prizes for the National winner of the 2010 NZ Barista Champs just got a whole lot more tasty,
And every entrant who is accepted for a regional can look forward to a set of entrants goodies that include some fine ACF crockery, and a special barista champs tee shirt.
Coffee geeks around the nation are already trembling...
