Congratulations to Jesse Hyde - the 2009 Grand Barista Champion. The winners from Sat August 15, 2009 were: • 2nd place - Alexandra Stathis
• 3rd place - Luke Elkhuizen
View the photos from the day in the GBC 2009 gallery
Welcome to the Grand Barista Championship (GBC). The GBC was created from a vision of Paul Jackson, founder and Managing Director of Danes Gourmet Coffee and Danes Gourmet Coffee Institute (DGCI) Australia. The GBC event was born to compliment the DGCI training and accreditation system to promote a greater espresso standard within the coffee industry. Since 2001 the GBC has been the premier barista competition in Australia attracting some of Australia's best barista talent, forging reputations, offering the richest competition prize pool since its inception and bestowing an honour of becoming a "Grand Barista".
The spirit of competition has developed the Australian espresso coffee industry to take pride of place amongst the best standard in the world. In a unique partnership with Orchestrale espresso machines of Milan, the home of espresso, the 2009 GBC is now an Asia Pacific competition. In 2010 the GBC will become a global barista competition with partners from USA and Europe joining the fold.
The GBC format celebrates coffee and highlights espresso coffee flavour above all else as the motivating factor to establish the winners, however the true winners are the coffee drinking consumers who will enjoy the improved standards of espresso. Paul Jackson of Danes Gourmet Coffee, Katia Desforet of Orchestrale espresso machines and our partners in Asia are committed to see in this new era of professionalism and dedication to excellence via the GBC.
