THANK YOU to everyone who attended the 2024 Latte Art Smackdown, the Leaf Café and Co latte art competition. This year saw our biggest turnout in participants and spectators. We welcomed 32 baristas from both Leaf Café and local talent to showcase their skills in this year’s competition.
In a competition of 6 unique rounds, 32 baristas competed for the top spot. Our pool of talent came from our cafes and baristas from the local community. These baristas were courageous for entering.
Our talented participants battled it out in the first 2 elimination rounds with the Alternative Dairy Co. Spinning Wheel to determine the patter and milk they would need to create their latte art.
The third elimination round put baristas to the alternative dairy test as they were allowed to only use almond or oat milk to show off their best latte art. The art wasn't the only thing we were looking for this year. Our fourth round saw our finalists judged not only on presentation, but the skill of the pour.
This year’s Latte Art Smackdown reached new heights not only in turnout, but talent as competing baristas brought their best work to the table and stunned judges and spectators.
Congratulations to our finalists: Anamika, Sabita, Alvin (centre, First Place).
A special thanks to our sponsors this evening: Alternative Dairy Co, Heaps Normal, Sonoma Bakery, Zoom Optics. Additionally, we would like to thank our MC for the night, Jess, whose talent has been instrumental in shaping this event into what it is.
Congratulations to all the competitors!
WATCH VIDEO: Leaf Cafe Co 2024 Smackdown on our Socials - Instagram & Linkedin for all the highlights!
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