The Melbourne Heats of the Danes Grand Barista Championship were held on Saturday 10 July 2010.  Results here.

The next round of heats will be held at Port Macquarie on Monday 30 August & Tuesday 31 August 2010. The finals will be held on Saturday 18 September 2010.

Register to compete or to visit at the Danes website

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 became an Asia Pacific competition. In 2010 the GBC will again be a global barista competition with partners from Hong Kong and Thailand 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.