Youth, Music and Image based Festival for Global Baristas! Anyone can participate beyond time and space. This is an extreme barista tournament where everyone can enjoy, with public on-line voting. Through this whole new concept of on/off-line competition, we provide an opportunity for global baristas to challenge and accomplish their dream. Also, this competition will be broadcasted live on YOUTUBE, FACEBOOK and U-Stream, so that world-wide coffee lovers can all watch the game regardless of whenever or wherever they are.
World Latte Art Battle is a whole new concept of on/off-line competition where world-wide baristas can challenge to achieve their dream. This competition aims to celebrate each participants as well as their unique skills, competence and personal background, and spread the culture of mutual respect/regard within the coffee community.
32 primary competents will be selected via meticulous evaluation(based the pattern demonstration clips of the applicants) by professional judges. Then, 16 finalists will be chosen by public on-line voting. The 16 chosen competents will be going up to the finals which will take place at Seoul International Café Show. During the finals, each competent will compete with each other on 1:1, and their presentation of 1 designer pattern and 1 creative pattern will be evaluated by the judges and the audience. The winner will go up to the next round.
1st : MIR
2nd : Won-Jae Choi
3rd : Jong-Hyeok Lee
4th : Ji-Seong Jeong
1st : Irvine Quek
2nd : Kim Young Jin
3rd : Park Hye Bin
4th : Lee Jong Hyuk
1st Um Sung Jin (Um Paul)
2nd Tae-sub Kim
3rd Hong Sheng Liao
4th Young-hwa Lee
1st Arnon Thitiprasert
2nd Choi Won Jae (Dash)
3rd Um Sung Jin (Um Paul)
4th Park Su hye
1st Lee Hae Kyung (Elly)
2rd Um Sung Jin (Um Paul)
3nd Choi Won Jae (Dash)
4th Kim Tae Seob