TAG: training

As the industry entered lockdown at the end of March, Darren Pinfold, La Cimbali’s Technical Training Manager was wondering how Cimbali could best support customers through the crisis from a training perspective. “Cimbali has always invested heavily in training and it’s an ongoing process,” explains Darren.  “We invest in our product and we invest in …

Cast your mind back to the London Coffee Festival last year and you might remember Cris Rogers, the rector from All Hallows, Bow, who was lucky enough to win a custom La Cimbali M26 traditional machine in our Instagram competition. Over the last 12 months, All Hallows has been engaged in a £450k fund raising …

La Cimbali UK was delighted to welcome Shusheng Xu from Cimbali Shanghai. Shusheng travelled from Shanghai to learn more about UK operations whilst undergoing technical training at the company’s MUMAC Academy, Elstree. “Technical training is a very important part of our work,” says Darren Pinfold, Cimbali UK technical training manager. “ With a growing number …

Proving that we can all benefit from a spot of barista training, irrespective of how much experience we may already have, Jonathan Wadham, communications manager with Rombouts Coffee has recently spent three days on the machines at the La Cimbali MUMAC Academy, Elstree. Jonathan was looking to take the SCA Barista Skills Professional qualification and says …

As consumer expectations rise in terms of the whole coffee experience, the ‘professional barista’ is becoming a thing. Operators are investing in ongoing staff training in order to deliver the quality coffee offer that consumers demand. It makes sound commercial sense: skills training introduces a level of professionalism to the industry; demonstrates a willingness to develop …