by andrew | Apr 20, 2009 | competitions, events, news
Gwilym Davies of the United Kingdom has won the 2009 World Barista Championship in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A. National barista champions from 51 countries converged in Atlanta to compete for the ranking of world’s top coffee maker in front of a live and online audience...
by andrew | Apr 19, 2009 | associations, competitions, events
The 2009 World Barista Championship Finalists were named in a ceremony yesterday afternoon at Atlanta’s Georgia World Congress Center (in random order): Canada – Sammy Piccolo Hungary – Attila Molnar Ireland – Colin Harmon United Kingdom – Gwilym Davies Republic...
by andrew | Apr 13, 2009 | associations, competitions, events
After an extensive six-month worldwide search and interview process, Ms. Cynthia Chang has been appointed to the position of Executive Director for the World Barista Championship (WBC). Ms. Chang volunteered to serve the WBC and United States Barista Championship...
by andrew | Apr 9, 2009 | associations, competitions, events |
The world’s best baristas representing 52 nations will converge in Atlanta next week to compete at the 10th annual World Barista Championship (WBC) in front of a live and online audience of spectators around the globe. In three days of preliminary round...
by andrew | Mar 10, 2009 | competitions, events, oddities
An article in the Baltimore Sun this morning debates the entertainment value of a baseball competition called the World Baseball Classic, where writer Bill Ordine suggests that he would rather (and quite genuinely, it seems) join us in Atlanta for the World Barista...