Day One: Canadian Barista Championship Update

Well, day one is under wraps.  As expected and hoped for, Chad has made it into the finals tomorrow.  Today there were fifteen competitors, now there are six.  The West actaully had a great day as three out of the six finalists were from Alberta.  Chad was first up and did splendidly.  Competing with Chad tomorrow is Joel May from Fratello Coffee, Phil Robertson from Phil & Sebastian Coffee, Spencer Vieghweger from JJ Bean in Vancouver, Anthony Benda from Cafe Myriad in Montreal, and Sammy Piccolo from Cafe Artigiano in Vancouver.  It will be a great final, starting at 10 am mountain time, with Chad competing in the 4th spot tomorrow.  You can catch it live again on the web at Ustream.tv, look for the channel called 2008 Canadian Barista Championship.  If you missed Chad's performance today you can watch the archived video footage of it by clicking here.

Also, check out the City TV spot that aired on Monday evening, it is a great breakdown of what the competition is all about.