SCAE Excellence Awards Presented in Dublin
Dublin, Ireland, 24 June 2016 – Leaders in the SCAE Community were celebrated in Dublin this week as the annual SCAE Excellence Awards were presented at World of Coffee.
Proudly sponsored by OikoCredit, the Awards are judged by the SCAE International Development Committee and honour SCAE members who have contributed to the success of the industry through education, innovation, sustainability and entrepreneurship.
David Veal, Executive Director, SCAE comments: ‘Our community is all about coffee and people and one of the things that we at SCAE like to celebrate is success. Today we gather to celebrate the success of some of our brightest people, all of whom have been strongly nominated by their peers in the community. They have all inspired coffee excellence within their fields.’
The winners of the 2016 SCAE Excellence Awards are:
Young Entrepreneur Award: Henry Wilson, Perfect Daily Grind
Passionate Educator Award: Chiara Bergonzi, independent trainer
Innovation Award: Pete Southern, Creator of the PUSH Tamper
Working Towards Sustainability: Benjamin Weiner, Gold Mountain Coffee Growers
The Ambassador’s Award – Tony Overbeak, Urnex
Lifetime Achievement Award: Edy Bieker @ Sandalj, head of the quality and training departments
All of the SCAE Excellence winners are outstanding contributors to the coffee industry.
Henry Wilson is the Founder and CEO of perfectdailygrind.com, a digital coffee publication dedicated to increasing awareness of specialty coffee and all the work that goes into producing it. Henry’s website is an accessible portal for anyone interested in the coffee market as he brings the latest news and updates from all aspects of the industry to both coffee professionals and coffee lovers.
Chiara Bergonzi is a well-regarded independent trainer having worked in the coffee industry for many years and her passion and energy for coffee made her want to share her knowledge.
Pete Southern, the founder of Clockwork Espresso and the man behind the PUSH Tamper. Starting his coffee career in 2009, Pete realized that barista’s could not tamp correctly. After many months, Pete came up with the PUSH. And he has now sold out of pre-orders
Benjamin Weiner is the founder of Gold Mountain Coffee growers a direct trade social enterprise that connects farmers of exquisite specialty coffees in Nicaragua with roasters throughout the world.
Tony Overbeek – Tony has worked for many years in speciality coffee and was very influential in the launching of SCAE’s Gold Cup Programme resulting in the development of numerous research and community projects.
Edy Bieker is chief operating officer and head of the quality and training departments of Sandalj. Edy pioneered evaluating samples and purchasing lots using espresso extractions, rather than relying exclusively on standard cupping practices. A pioneer of the espresso culture, his long standing objective has always been promulgating a culture for quality.
