ÅRETS ENTRÈPRENÖR I EUROPA

vinnare och prisutdelare från prisutdelningen i Köln

Det finns mycket att skriva om från konferensen nere i Köln i helgen. Mitt första inlägg är om det fina pris som jag erhöll för mina engagemang inom specialkaffebranschen i Europa. SCAE delar varje år ut priser till personer eller företag inom olika kategorier som de vill uppmärksamma som de kallar "Awards for Coffee Excellence". Kategorierna är Young Entrepreneur, Passionate Communicator, Hidden Treasure award, Outstanding Producer. Jag blev tilldelad priset för årets unga entreprenör i Europa vilket jag tycker var jättekul då många duktiga internationella kaffepersonligheter fått pris tidigare. Det här gav mig en extra spark i baken med mitt nya projekt nere i Brasilien :-)

The Awards for Coffee Excellence 2008 (presented in Copenhagen)

• The Young Entrepreneur Award: The Coffee Collective (Denmark)
• The Passionate Educator Award: Serif Basaran (Turkey)
• The Hidden Treasure Award: Omkafe (Italy)
• The Innovation and Design Award: Efico (Belgium)
• The Lifetime Achievement Award: Hacienda La Esmeralda (Panama)

The Awards for Coffee Excellence 2007 (presented in Antwerp)

• The Young Entrepreneur Award: John Sytmen (Turkey)
• The Coffee Teacher/Trainer Award: Sonja Grant (Iceland)
• The Coffee Technician Award: Gerard-Clement Smit, Technivorm (Netherlands)
• The Originality in Design Award: Zander Nosler and Randy Hulett, Clover (USA)
• The Sustainability Award: Daniele Giovannucci (USA)
• The Better Coffee World Award: George Howell, Terroir Coffee, (USA)

The Awards for Coffee Excellence 2006 (presented in Berne)

• The Young Entrepreneur Award: Enrico Maltoni (Italy)
• The True Sustainability Award: Susie Spindler (USA)
• The Coffee Ambassador Award: Michael Segal (UK)
• The Innovation Award: Vincenzo Sandalj (Italy)
• The Better Beans Award: Women in Coffee movement under the Coffee Quality Institute (USA)
• The Hidden Treasure Award: Coffeelab (India)

The 2005 Awards for Coffee Excellence (presented in Athens)

• The Young Entrepreneur Award: Preben Oosterhof (Norway)
• The Enthusiasm Award: Alekos Sanozidis (Greece)
• The Innovation Award: Silvio Leite (Brazil)
• The Hidden Treasure Award (tie): Monmouth Coffee (UK) and Fazenda Passegueiro (Brazil)
• The Test of Time Award: Probat-Werke (Germany)
• The Statesmanship Award: Lakshmi Venkatachalam (India)

The 2004 Awards for Coffee Excellence (presented in Rimini)

• The Endurance Award: Dr Alberto Hesse (Italy)
• The Young Entrepreneur Award: Kentaro Marayama (Japan)
• The Enthusiasm Award: Luis Norberto Pascoal (Brazil)
• The Bold Initiative Award: Walter Zwald (Switzerland)
• The Silent Achiever Award: Samuel Zenger (Switzerland)
• The Miracle Maker Award: The Brazil Specialty Coffee Association
• The Vision of Quality Award: Dr Ernesto Illy (Italy)
• The Producer Interest Award: The Alliance for Coffee Excellence and Cup of Excellence
• The True Sustainability Award: Finca Irlanda (Mexico)