Square One Coffee Roasters, Melbourne
With 15 years’ experience in the Hospitality industry and seven dedicated to the specialty coffee industry, Elika has collected a wealth of knowledge, all of which beginning in a traineeship in Hospitality Management.
Elika began her work at Three Bag’s Full café in 2010 and worked her way to being completely coffee centric. After spending two years working with the Three Bag’s team she landed a job at Seven Seeds’ Brother Baba Budan, eventuating in a management role.
In late 2012 Elika re- joined her previous employers at Two Birds One Stone, to begin the set up and management of Top Paddock’s coffee bar, opening in 2013. At Top Paddock she lead a team of 10 baristas, gained her Q Grader Certificate, became a certified National AASCA Barista and Brewers Cup judge, and learnt how to roast coffee.
In May of 2015, along with the owners of Top Paddock, she launched Square One Coffee Roasters in Cremorne. Elika is now the driving force behind the roasting house, creating roasting profiles, conducting staff training, book keeping, forecasting and green bean buying. In June 2016, due to her profound coffee expertise, sharp leadership skills, coupled with an ambition to share knowledge, Elika was awarded with the Melbourne Food and Wine Hostplus Hospitality Scholarship. This allowed her to travel to three international destinations of her choice to further her career in coffee.