National Barista Championship

Sri Lanka's only coffee competition. The National Barista Championship will bring together competitors from leading Hotels and Cafes around Sri Lanka. The top 6 winners from the semifinals will participate at the finals on 14th of November at the Hotel Show Colombo at the BMICH premises. The Winner will represent Sri Lanka at the World Barista Championship.

National Barista Competition which have been held concurrently to Hotel Show Colombo in the past have been tremendously successful participation from many resorts and hotels from all over Sri Lanka. This year the event will begin with, training sessions in the regions followed up by regional competitions and would end with the Finals at the BMICH in Colombo during the "Hotel Show Colombo 2019" on the 14th of November.

The regional competitions will be held in the following cities covering the respective regions of Sri Lanka;

• Colombo
• Negombo
• Sigiriya - Cultural Triangle, North and the East
• Kandy - Central and Hill Country
• Kaluthara - South
• Galle - Deep South