John Walker

Male

Mackay, Queensland

Australia

Profile Information:

What is your position in the coffee industry?
coffee shop owner
Where are you located? ( City and Country )
Mackay, Queensland, Australia
How many years have you been in the industry?
Five
If you are a barista or shop, are you interested in a barista exchange with another coffee shop/barista?
maybe
Tell us more about your coffee shop or barista skills.
Cafe/restuarant. Casual dinning.
What cities or countries are you interested in traveling to?
New Zealand, Vanuatu.
About Me:
Broken down old chef, still passionate about my industry.
About My Company:
Cafe La de da, The coffee, food and service might well be La de da, but the people are real.
What is your favorite thing about the coffee industry?
The people.
Website:
http://www.mackaybaristi.blogspot.com/

Comment Wall:

  • Alun Evans

    I am impressed, Te Awamutu seems to have a number of succesful exports- including you and the Finn Brothers! Never been to Mackay, what took you there?

    Sep 12, 2009

  • David

    John,
    You must be a scotch drinker with that name, (after a great coffee of course)?
    Thanks for the comment, and yeah your about right with the larikin in me.
    We too often run Barista comps, it great for lifting standards

    Sep 26, 2009

  • Alun Evans

    Ran into a teacher at our cafe who lived next door to Neil Finn in Parnell...so you are right, that Te Awamutu connection is everywhere eh! You get up this way at all?

    Oct 20, 2009

  • Alun Evans

    Thanks John, appreciate the comments. I really enjoy writing down my experiences and it is even better when I know people take time to read what I have written. Cheers

    Dec 8, 2009

  • Matt Milletto

    Hi John,

    I will be writing a report for Barista Magazine on my trip to Vanuatu for the Jan/Feb issue. The trip was a blast and it will be a fun expose.

    Dec 23, 2009

  • Alun Evans

    thanks John, wish I had read and taken your comments a bit more seriously than I did! Suffering for it now. Have been laid low with a very bad sinus infection and flu for a couple of weeks...believed picked up sitting on my parenst deck in the wind! Will be OK but suprised at just how sneakily nasty this infection is. Dr reckons could a reaction to pollens that this old nose has not encountered for a decade. Hope all is well for you?

    Mar 14, 2010

  • Alun Evans

    Yep JW, the teflon has long since peeled off. Slowly recovering, back to about 90% of where I should be at. Nice to be "home"- I am now so accustom to the 32 degree days, the humidity and the 5.45am/pm sunrise and sunsets. Had a trip to Batam last couple of days, somewhere new for me. Good luck with all your projects, sounds like you are pretty busy!

    Mar 19, 2010

  • Joseph Robertson

    Hey John,
    Very nice looking cafe. Can't wait to visit.
    Joe

    Mar 24, 2010

  • Joseph Robertson

    Hey John,
    Australia is on my bucket list and coffee is the common denominator. When I get to your grand country as big as a Continent I have some folks I want to see. I meet three of your countrymen at coffee roasting school in Vermont on our east coast. They own Cafe's and Roasting businesses. That was 2007 and I have to look up there names and businesses but now your on the list of must see coffee businesses.
    Linda my business partner got to visit the Gold coast and almost did not come home. They told her there was a Nursing shortage and she should stay.
    I'm glad she didn't or this business of ours would never have come to pass.
    Warm wishes John,
    Joseph
    --
    Ambassador for Specialty Coffee and palate reform.

    Mar 24, 2010

  • Lorena White

    Thanks for the invite! I love Taupo winter...lucky for me, coz I think it's guna be a freezer this year...I'm looking forward to using BX more & being involved with whats happening around the globe. Take care...Talk soon.

    May 4, 2010