The first heat of the 2013 UK Barista Championships took place at Expowest Westcountry on 06/07 February

The standard of competiton was very high and we’d like to thank all baristas, judges, sponsors and volunteers for making this a great first heat of the 2013 UK Barista Championships.

 

Top 20*

588.5   Maxwell Colonna Dashwood

567      Hugo Hercod

513.5   Peter Grosvenor-Attridge

503      Xanne Carey

463.5   Jason Gonzalez

418      Sam Dunford

390.5   Toby Frere

339.5   Ryan Brodie

 

*9 entrants competed in the first heat. The leaderboard will be updated after heat 2

Any entrants disqualified will not be shown. Disqualifications most commonly occur when a barista exceeds 16 minutes for their performance time.

 

Photos from the event have been provided by Ben Tyler (www.benphotography.co.uk) and Laurent Rickling

View their images from Day 1 and Day 2

 

We would like to thank our hosts for this event Hale Events – organisers of Expowest Westcountry – for their support and for hosting this regional heat.

 

We are now building up to Regional Heat 2 hosted by Pumphreys Coffee in Newcastle on 15/16 February

It’s not too late to register to compete. We have 25 confirmed entrants. The Running Order will be released this evening one the final changes have been made

Register online at www.ukcoffeeevents.com

Follow the buildup on Twitter @ukcoffeeevents @scaeuk @ukbc via the hashtag #ukbcht2 or online