Jobs · Bar and beverage

Head barista

Leads coffee quality and the barista team in a café or roastery. Head baristas dial in daily, train staff and look after equipment and coffee supply.

A real shift

Dial in, taste and adjust, brief and train, then work the bar at peak. Afternoons cover ordering, maintenance and recipe tweaks.

Skills that matter

  • Quality control
  • Training
  • Equipment maintenance
  • Recipe development
  • Leadership

Qualifications

  • SCA Barista Skills Intermediate or Professional
  • SCA Brewing and Sensory modules
  • Level 3 Hospitality Supervisor apprenticeship

Where it leads

  1. Head barista
  2. Café manager
  3. Coffee trainer
  4. Roaster
  5. Coffee wholesale

What we'd ask on the show

  • The barista championships
  • Teaching consistency to a new team
  • Grind size and the art of the dial-in

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