Café Biz is the prestigious annual industry expo targeting café owners and their staff and people looking at entering this exciting industry. Café Biz will be held again this year at Royal Randwick Racecourse in the Randwick Pavilion. Randwick is a great location with plenty of free parking making easy access to an event close to the city.

Cafe Biz 09 is looking to be another action packed event that will show a positive light on the growing industry even in these predicted quiet economic times. The mood for all involved has been far from doom and gloom, as the Australian café and coffee industry is showing strong growth figures as consumers switch to the casual café lifestyle to be entertained. This is a real positive and Café Biz is getting behind the industry again with Café Biz 09 being innovative with the expo format.

This years Café Biz 09 will be a good reflection of where the industry is heading with lots of new products and services on display in the Randwick Pavilion on the 3rd and 4th of May. Café Biz has been the starting point for many Café owners who have attended the event over the last seven years to educate and motivate themselves and their staff.

There will be a terrific line up of free workshops in all areas of the café business to help the café owner make more profit out of these complex businesses. This year may be a tough one for some so it’s the perfect time to start working on your business. Café Biz organizers KISS Marketing have brought in many industry experts who will be looking at subjects like marketing, finance and cost controls workshops.

The coffee side of Café Biz is also well represented with world class barista Champions such as world number two David Makin who will be conducting a Barista Course for those who want to be the best in their craft. We also have the pleasure of the presence of coffee educator Jill Adams from the William Angliss Coffee School in Melbourne who will be conducting a coffee sensory course.

Café Biz will again host some of the industries most prestigious coffee and beverage competitions such as the Da Vinci Trans Tasman Barista Championships which consists of a competition between Australia’s best barista’s up against the finest from New Zealand. Another fun event is the Pura Latte Art competition which will bring out the best latte artists in the nation who are all competing for the two thousand dollar prize pool. This competition has been the proving place for all three Australian bred World Latte Art Champions. This years Coffee Chain Challenge will be staged in the Café Biz arena hosting teams from all of the large coffee chains around Australia. The coffee chain is an event that puts into play a typical busy café scenario where teams of baristas need to work together to produce consistent coffee, judged on taste and presentation.

Other beverage competitions that will be hosted at this years Café Biz are the Tea Infusion Challenge and the Café Cocktail Competition. These new events are starting to create interest for a new age of competitors raising the profile of these profitable café revenue areas.

This year there is over 100 new products and services on display including a home coffee machine area which has been set up for the launch of KISS Marketing’s new release of The Home Coffee Machine Review.

All of the event highlights and sponsor info can be viewed at the Café Biz website. www.cafebiz.net

Any café supplier who thought they might have missed the opportunity to display their wares at this once a year event may still be able to get involved and should contact Sue at sue@cafebiz.net

We look forward to personally meeting you this year.

Please don’t miss out on getting your free admission online at the café Biz website. www.cafebiz.net

Sean Edwards

Managing Director
KISS Marketing
Café Biz – Café Culture Magazine