After receiving a BA (Hons) in Hotel & Catering Management, Paul embarked on an award winning

career, working in hotels and restaurants in the UK and US, as well as lecturing at Huddersfield University.
In 1999 Paul started Coffee Community Ltd, that provides barista training and consultants for many
major coffee retailers, machine manufacturers, dairy companies and other companies throughout the coffee
industry, both in the UK and Internationally. In 2011, they launched their iPhone/iPad Barista Training
App. Paul has had a long relationship with coffee education; helping to write the City & Guilds Barista
qualification, and barista qualifications for the SCAE. He currently sits on SCAE Education Committee
and is leader of the Creators group.
Paul has been involved in the World and the UK Barista Championship from the start. He has also
been a Head Judge for the World Latte Art Championship and the World Coffee in Good Spirits
Championship (after being a competitor, coming third in the World in 2006), for four years. He was a
board member of World Coffee Events, who run the World Barista Championships, from 2011 -2012.
Paul would like to thank other members of Barista Skills team for their help:
Ben Townsend, The Espresso Room, UK
Christine Cottrell, Perfect Espresso, Australia
Lauro Fioretti, Nuova Simonelli, Italy
Soren Stiller, Great Coffee, Denmark