AASCA
Hall of Fame
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Con Haralambopoulos
Con Haralambopoulos has a career in cafes that spans over two decades.
He is one of Australia’s leading baristas and enjoys competing at both a national and international level. He holds the title of World Latte Art Champion for 2008.
His free-pouring skills have impressed judges and his win in Copenhagen was confirmation of his great talent as well as his love of specialty coffee.A lot of Con’s time has been devoted to discovering different blends and his aim is to create specialty hand crafted coffee. His competition blend named Gridlock Coffee, which was a huge success in Copenhagen, also won him a bronze medal for the espresso category at the Golden Bean competition. This is held annually against 150 other roasted coffees in Australia.
Con and his brothers currently operate a cafe in Richmond called 7 Grams which he finds particularly enjoyable. He says there is always something new to learn about coffee and Australia is definitely up there leaving its mark in the face of tough coffee competitions.
Achievements
- Australian Pura Latte Art Champion 2006
- Trans Tasman Champion 2006
- World Espresso Champion 2006
- Australian Pura Latte Art Champion 2007
- Trans Tasman Champion 2007
- National Repecharge Open Heat Champion 2007
- National Barista Champion, 6th, 2007
- Australian Pura Latte Art Champion, 2nd, 2008
- Australian Latte Art Champion AASCA 2008
- Repecharge Open Heat Champion 2008
- Australian Barista Champion, 2nd, 2008
- World Latte Art Champion 2008
- Fair Trade Latte Art Champion 2008
- Golden Bean Roasters Competition Espresso Category, Bronze Medal
- National Repecharge Open Heat Champion 2009
- National Semi Final Champion 2009
- Fair Trade Latte Art Champion 2009
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Tim Adams
Tim has over 10 years experience within the hospitality industry. His career began as a Chef , in the Royal Australian Navy. Since then moving to the Sunshine Coast, Qld where his passion for coffee started. Tim has now been a professional barista/Trainer for over six years.
In May 2008, started competing in barista competitions placing 8th in the open heats. In his first attempt at a state title, took out the 2009 Qld Barista Championship and moved into the semi-finals. He then progressed to the Final, being amongst the top 5 baristas in the country, eventually winning the 2009 Australian Barista Championship. Tim has just returned from the World Barista Championships held in Atlanta, and is currently ranked 13th in the World.
He now continues his journey in the specialty coffee industry, working at Pioneer Coffee, a boutique Specialty Coffee Roastery based on the Sunshine Coast.
Qualifications and Awards
- Cert IV in Workplace Training and Assessment
- Cert III in Commercial Cookery
- Cert IV in Small Business Management
- 2009 Australian Barista Champion
- 2009 Qld Barista Champion
- 2009 World Barista Competitor, Placing 13th
Photo Michael Brown/Photoworx