Who’s up to compete in 2021? The Champion will represent NZ in 2022.
Event Date: 11th April, 2021
2021 will mark the 20th year in New Zealand of the Barista Championship. The first event that led to the World Championship was established by the team at Robert Harris in 2001, with the final held at the Culinary Fair in Auckland. Many things have changed since then, the coffee, the craft of the barista, and technology have all changed. The focus, passion, and professionalism drive us every year to constantly strive for improvement.
Who will be the winner in 2021? Well its offical now its Luise Metelka, Flight Coffee, Wellington!
Photo credit: ATPhoto Andrew Turner
Who was up to compete: Saturdays running order & performance start times.
1. 10:30am Logan Collinge, Mojo Coffee, Wellington
2. 10:49am Frank Hsu, Frank’s, Wellington
3. 11:08am Yui Park, Ugly Coffee, Auckland*
4. 11:27am Bonnie Lam, The Coffee Shack, Wanaka
5. 11:46am Woohyung Lee, Camper Coffee, Auckland*
6. 12:05pm Erin L’Huillier-Millar, Arrosta Coffee, Palmerston North*
7. 1:15pm Bill Zheng, Woozoo Group, Auckland
8. 1:34pm Hanna Teramoto, Woozoo Group, Auckland
9. 1:53pm Jae Ho Shin, Tob Coffee, Auckland*
10. 2:12pm Callum Pritchard, Arrosta Coffee, Palmerston North*
11. 2:31pm Matt Ross, Mt Zion, Tauranga
12. 2:50pm Luise Metelka, Flight Coffee, Wellington
Previous Champions and their World Rankings…
2021 Who will it be?…. it’s Luise Metelka, Flight Coffee, Wellington!
2020 N/A
2019 Dove Chen, world ranking 12, Boston USA
2018 John Gordon, world ranking 6, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2017 Dove Chen, world ranking 56, Seoul, South Korea
2016 Sam Low, world ranking 23, Dublin, Ireland
2015 Addison Dale, world ranking 19, Seattle, USA
2014 Hiroko Hanna Teramoto, world ranking 17, Rimini, Italy
2013 Nick Clark, world ranking 5, Melbourne, Australia
2012 Aymon McQuade, world ranking 14, Vienna, Austria
2011 Hide Kono, world ranking 14, Bogota, Colombia
2010 Luciano Marcolino, world ranking 19, London, England
2009 Carl Sara, world ranking 8, Atlanta, USA
2008 Luciano Marcolino, world ranking 7, Copenhagen, Denmark
2007 Carl Sara, world ranking 3, Tokyo, Japan
2006 Luciano Marcolino, world ranking 7, Berne, Switzerland
2005 Carl Sara, world ranking 4, Seattle, USA
2004 Carl Sara, world ranking 6, Trieste, Italy
2003 Ben Simcox, world ranking 8, Boston, USA
2002 Emma Markland Webster, world ranking 5, Oslo, Norway