Jack Simpson of Axil Espresso Roasters in Melbourne, Australia is the 2025 World Barista Champion. Opponents from over 50 nations took the stage at HostMilan in Italy over the weekend in hopes of taking the highest prize, however because the bulletins got here down earlier this morning, it was Simpson with the dream ending.
It has been a gentle ascension for the three-time Australia Barista Champion; Simpson took third on the WBC in 2023 adopted by a runner-up end behind Mikael Jasin in 2024 to lastly successful all of it this 12 months. That degree of excellence would sometimes make one the odds-on favourite to win, besides that 4 of his 5 Finalist opponents have been additionally multi-time nationwide champions, together with Ben Put, a seven-time Canada Barista Champion and now five-time WBC Finalist. In the meantime Jason Lavatory of Malaysia is a four-time champion, China’s Simon SunLei thrice, and Japan Hiroki Ito has three Japan Latte Artwork Championships to his identify. Solely Christopher Sahyoun Hoff of Denmark made his first go to to the World stage.
Nonetheless, even amongst the numerous tenured opponents, Simpson scored almost 20 factors increased within the Finals than the Runner-Up.
That is Australia’s fourth World Barista Championship win and their second in 4 years, following Anthony Douglas’s—additionally of Axil—2022 win.
Congratulations to Jack Simpson and all of the Finalists! And with out additional ado, listed below are the outcomes of the 2025 World Barista Championship in Milan, Italy.
CHAMPION: Jack Simpson, Australia
Runner-Up: Simon SunLei, China
Third Place: Ben Put, Canada
4th: Jason Lavatory, Malaysia
fifth: Hiroki Ito, Japan
sixth: Christopher Sahyoun Hoff, Denmark
Congratulations once more and we’ll see you subsequent 12 months in Panama Metropolis!
Images courtesy of the Specialty Espresso Affiliation
 
