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Danes Grand Barista Championship

2012 Victorian Grand Barista Championship

MadCap_Cafe_logoThe 2012 Victorian Grand Barista Championship is being hosted at MadCap Café Fountain Gate.
Dates: February 14th, 15th and 16th 2012

1st prize $2000 (Entry into Entry into the Danes 2012 Australian Grand Barista Championship with flights and accommodation paid for by Danes. This event doubles as the Victorian Heats for the Danes GBC 2012.
Entry into the AASCA Australian Barista Championships 2012

2nd prize $1000  
3rd prize $500

For information and registration forms go to: madcapcafe.org

 

Jas My Waffles

jas-my-waffles-comp-200pxDanes wholesale customer Jas My Waffles will be holding their own in-house barista competition this Saturday 3rd December at their Narellan store. Their address is Kiosk 14, 326 Camden Valley Way Narellan NSW.

The current Australian GBC champ Nadine Norman will present the winner with a GBC jacket and act as head judge of the scoring. Stay tuned for photos and news from the competition next week.

 

Australian Finals 2011

 

BeanScene Profiles Barista Champion

nadine norman GBC Champion 2011BeanScene Magazine speaks with Nadine Norman, the 2011 Danes Grand barista Champion, about manicures, rowing and her colourful world of coffee.

 Download the BeanScene profile on Nadine Norman 168KB

 

Australian Barista keeps title in Oz!

thailand GBC 2011 winnersCanberra barista wins 2011 Australasian Grand Barista Championship held in Thailand.

Sasa Sestic, a roaster/barista from Ona Coffee House in ACT, now joins the ranks of one of the best baristas in Australia, following his win at the Australasian Grand Barista Championship (GBC) in Thailand on the 9th July.

Sasa won the title competing against baristas from Hong Kong and Thailand, in front of 100 spectators and lovers of coffee.

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Congratulations to Nadine Norman

Nadine Norman with Paul Jackson (Danes)

The Australian GBC was held on 1st June 2011 at the Danes Gourmet Coffee Institute in Brookvale (Sydney).

Congratulations to Nadine Norman, winner of the Australian Danes Grand Barista Championship 2011.

View photos in the gallery
 

GBC 2011 Australia

Grand Barista Championship 2011Over many years the GBC has seen top class baristas competing for this sought after title coming from all over Australia and Asia. Australia has been the host country for all of these years as this is where this Barista competition was first born and run by Danes Gourmet Coffee CEO, Paul Jackson. As an innovator and trailblazer within the industry, Paul Jackson has created a very competitive atmosphere and benchmark for barista competitions throughout the industry and a real insight to an ever evolving industry.

Dane's has been at the forefront of the coffee industry since 1999 when the Danes Gourmet Coffee Institute was born. This leading edge institute teaching Australia's best baristas and constantly growing and evolving as the industry grew around it, gave birth to the 'Grand Barista Championship' in 2001.

Since its inception in 2001, the GBC has created an ever growing interest in the coffee industry not just throughout Australia, but Asia as well. The event has also brought world class baristas from Asia to compete in the Australasian final each year.

This year Danes Gourmet Coffee has decided to help grow the industry in other parts of the world by allowing Thailand to host this year's Australasian final. The Australian GBC champion (Nadine Norman) will then be flown over to Thailand to compete against Asia's best barista for the 'Australasian Grand Barista Champion' crown.

 Download GBC 2011 Information and Registration Pack 205.18 KB *UPDATED*

 GBC 2011 Judging Guide 121KB  *NEW*

 GBC 2011 Head Judge Score Sheet 140KB

 GBC 2011 Sensory Score Sheet 139 KB

 GBC 2011 Technical Score Sheet 128KB

 

Gold Sponsor - Orchestrale by Instruments of Espresso

Instruments of Espresso Orchestrale Etnica machines used in the 2010 GBC are supplied by Danes Gourmet Coffee.

Orchestrale commercial espresso machines are now available.

Orchestrale Etnica on display at the
Danes Gourmet Coffee Institute
28 Dale St Brookvale NSW.

Orchestrale etnica commercial espresso machine



Distributed in Australia by Danes Gourmet Coffee

Call 02 9938 4522 now for a free demonstration.

The Orchestrale is an absolutely fantastic machine. I had the opportunity to use it at the GBC Heats and Finals and I was able to get everything I wanted out of the coffee. I was able to manipulate it and get everything I wanted. As far as milk texturing goes, it nails it which is really important, especially in Australia where we produce so many milk-based coffees.

The Orchestrale is an all-round great machine, the ergonomics are fantastic too and it’s easy to operate. It is a pure pleasure to work with and produces lovely coffee and lovely milk.

Jesse Hyde, 2009 Danes Gourmet Coffee Australasian Grand Barista Champion

 Download the Orchestrale Library to see these beautiful espresso machines in use around the world.

For more information visit the Orchestrale website

 

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About the Championship

The Danes Grand Barista Championship (GBC) were held from May 30 - June 1, 2011.

There is nothing more enjoyable than a beautiful cup of coffee crafted by a passionate barista to make your day. It takes a level of knowledge, skill, creativity and experience to create a beautiful coffee. This year the Danes Grand Barista Championship changed the format to best present a professional barista’s skills and celebrate quality coffee.

Our hand selected judges and their palates will be some of the most highly respected coffee people in the industry. We have chosen the Orchestrale Etnica commercial espresso machine to conduct the championship on for its temperature stability and capability to consistently extract the essence of the coffees potential. Machines will be calibrated to run at 92 degrees Celsius at the head at 9 bar of pressure.

Each entering the competing baristas shall, during a period of 10 minutes, produce:
  • 4 x espresso coffees
  • 4 x espresso based milk coffees
  • 4 x other black or non espresso type coffees
  • Expresslatte (maximum qty in the remaining time).

Sequence of drinks:
The order for serving the beverages is at the discretion of the barista however the Express Latte beverage must be served last.

Only 1 (one) of the Express Latte will be tasted, and this will be a random selection by the head judge. The balance of the Express Latte beverages will be passed to the audience for sampling. Please refer to the judging guidelines for more details and a deeper understanding for the Express Latte beverage.

The Barista will serve all beverages to a dedicated judging area. The sensory judges will move to the same area to taste and score the beverage. One of the served beverages is for the barista's own evaluation.

For scoring, the Barista will be assessed by 2 technical judges and 2 sensory judges during the heats. In the final event there will be 3 (three) sensory judges. A head judge will be present during the heats and final event to ensure judging is consistent, to adjudicate when and where necessary as well score directly the Express Latte section.

The Barista is responsible for starting and stopping the time clock. If the barista stops the clock within the given 10 minute time frame, no points will be deducted. There is an additional 2 minutes of penalty time available. The barista can choose to use some or all of the two minute penalty time. Please see below a schedule outlining the deduction point system for using penalty time.

If the Barista has not stopped the time clock after 2 minutes of penalty time, the head judge will inform the Barista that time has expired and the Barista will be asked to stop the performance. At this point the Barista will also be informed by the head judge they are disqualified.

The Danes Grand Barista Championship is for the barista and the coffee. Each competitor has ten minutes to complete their presentation. Our new format has the barista training for their presentation right now as they work in their cafe perfecting their skills and honing their technique.  We look forward to the next championship and the baristas who will come to test their skills in Australia's premier barista competition.


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