Ben Put of Phil & Sebastian Wins Canadian Barista Championship

Ben Put during his winning routine. Twitter photo by Phil & Sebastian

Ben Put of Calgary’s Phil and Sebastian Coffee Roasters has won the Canadian National Barista Championship, one of the first national coffee championships leading to the World Barista Championship. A competition veteran, Put took second place in last year’s Canadian championship behind Phil and Sebastian colleague Jeremy Ho.

The two-day Canadian championship took place during the Oct. 20-21 Canadian Coffee & Tea Show in Vancouver.

Here are full results for this year’s Canadian Championship:

1st – Ben Put (Phil and Sebastian)

2nd – Cole Torode (Rosso Coffee Roasters)

3rd – Keaton Ritchie (Myriade)

4th – Megan Feniak (Phil and Sebastian)

5th – Morgan Allen (Caffe Artigiano)

6th – Tristan Mapstone (Fernwood Coffee)