The 10th World Barista Championship takes place over four days, April 16 “19, in Atlanta, Georgia, with days one through three seeing all 51 national barista champions competing in the preliminary round. The top six of the 51 baristas will go on to the final round of competition on Sunday, April 19.
It’s almost impossible for the competition to take place completely on schedule, so check back to the live feed or the World Barista Championship blog (link to be posted tomorrow, 4/14), for updates. In addition, you can set your Twitter to WBC2009 for immediate updates throughout the week.
THURSDAY, APRIL 16 ”ROUND ONE, DAY ONE
National Barista Champion of Taiwan
Chia-Ming Tsao
Performance: 11:17 a.m.
National Barista Champion of Ukraine
Oleksandr Khadshy
Performance: 11:36 a.m.
National Barista Champion of China
Jin Bao Lin
Performance: 11:55 a.m.
National Barista Champion of Belgium
Melanie D’Lores Nunes
Performance: 12:14 p.m.
National Barista Champion of The Netherlands
Sander Schat
Performance: 12:33 p.m.
National Barista Champion of Switzerland
Philipp Meier
Performance: 12:52 p.m.
National Barista Champion of South Africa
Ishan Natalie
Performance: 1:11 p.m.
National Barista Champion of Lebanon
Joseph El Khoury
Performance: 1:30 p.m.
National Barista Champion of Greece
Stelios Roumeliotis
Performance: 1:49 p.m.
National Barista Champion of Singapore
Jhi Chiang Ting
Performance: 2:08 p.m.
National Barista Champion of Australia
Tim Adams
Performance: 2:27 p.m.
National Barista Champion of Japan
Akihiro Okada
Performance: 2:46 p.m.
National Barista Champion of Germany
Stephanie Heidermann
Performance: 3:05 p.m.
National Barista Champion of Uganda
Roberts Mbabazi
Performance: 3:24 p.m.
National Barista Champion of Canada
Sammy Piccolo
Performance: 3:43 p.m.
National Barista Champion of Rwanda
Jean Pierre Nyamabumba
Performance: 4:02 p.m.
National Barista Champion of Turkey
Engin Kasal
Performance: 4:21 p.m.
National Barista Champion of Lithuania
Rasa Basciulyte
Performance: 4:40 p.m.
National Barista Champion of Iceland
Palmer Por Hlodversson
Performance: 4:59 p.m.
FRIDAY, APRIL 17 ”ROUND ONE, DAY TWO
National Barista Champion of Italy
Michele Pauletic
Performance: 11:17 a.m.
National Barista Champion of Finland
Mikko Haahti
Performance: 11:36 a.m.
National Barista Champion of Nicaragua
Rebecca de Los Angeles Ramos Moran
Performance: 11:55 p.m.
National Barista Champion of Brazil
Yara Thais Castanho
Performance: 12:14 p.m.
National Barista Champion of Mexico
Alvaro Carrasco
Performance: 12:33 p.m.
National Barista Champion of Colombia
Ever Bernal
Performance: 12:52 p.m.
National Barista Champion of Puerto Rico
Daniel Rivera
Performance: 1:11 p.m.
National Barista Champion of New Zealand
Carl Sara
Performance: 1:30 p.m.
National Barista Champion of Kenya
John Makau
Performance: 1:49 p.m.
National Barista Champion of Costa Rica
Auren Chacon
Performance: 2:08 p.m.
National Barista Champion of India
Daniel Felix
Performance: 2:27 p.m.
National Barista Champion of El Salvador
Flor de Maria Gochez Ayala
Performance: 2:46 p.m.
National Barista Champion of Thailand
Benyapa Naowan
Performance: 3:05 p.m.
National Barista Champion of Hungary
Attila Molnar
Performance: 3:24 p.m.
National Barista Champion of Spain
Francisco Javier Garcia Funez
Performance: 3:43 p.m.
National Barista Champion of Panama
Ausel Gadi Del Valle Franklin
Performance: 4:02 p.m.
National Barista Champion of Croatia
Tomislav Mrdeza
Performance: 4:21 p.m.
National Barista Champion of Russia
Kira Malchenko
Performance: 4:40 p.m.
SATURDAY, APRIL 18 ”ROUND ONE, DAY THREE
National Barista Champion of Ireland
Colin Harmon
Performance: 11:17 a.m.
National Barista Champion of Denmark
Morten Winther Vestenaa
Performance: 11:36 a.m.
National Barista Champion of the United Kingdom
Gwilym Davies
Performance: 11:55 a.m.
National Barista Champion of the Republic of Korea
Lee Jong Hoon
Performance: 12:14 p.m.
National Barista Champion of the Republic of Serbia
Beronja Branislav
Performance: 12:33 p.m.
National Barista Champion of the Czech Republic
Michal Kocman
Performance: 12:52 p.m.
National Barista Champion of the United States
Michael Phillips
Performance: 1:11 p.m.
National Barista Champion of Argentina
Jorge Agustin Quiroga
Performance: 1:30 p.m.
National Barista Champion of Estonia
Urmet Laht
Performance: 1:49 p.m.
National Barista Champion of Guatemala
Raul Rodas
Performance: 2:08 p.m.
National Barista Champion of Austria
Georg Branny
Performance: 2:27 p.m.
National Barista Champion of Sweden
Claes Mattias Bjorklund
Performance: 2:46 p.m.
National Barista Champion of Norway
Oda Misje Haug
Performance: 3:05 p.m.
National Barista Champion of Poland
Izabela Popiolek
Performance: 3:24 p.m.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF SIX FINALISTS: 5:30 P.M.
