Since 2011

Ireland’s leading coffee academy

Meet the team

The trainers, baristas and support team behind every course.

James McCormack, Founder

Founder’s mission

“I started Dublin Barista School in 2011 to supply Irish coffee shops with genuinely skilled, job-ready baristas. Every trainer on our team is an active industry professional dedicated to getting you certified, confident, and hired.”

James McCormack, Founder

Trainers

Our training team

Learn commercial workflow from active café veterans.

  • Mike Patterson
    • 12+ yrs
  • Tomasz Jastrzebski
    • 10+ yrs
  • Keith Marshall
    • 8+ yrs
  • Ana Obregon
    • 7+ yrs
  • Kemal Erargin
    • 6+ yrs
  • Vinicius Bitu
    • 5+ yrs
  • Heather Wallace
    • 5+ yrs
  • Keith Monaghan
    • 4+ yrs
  • Nazlican Erdin Stoyanov
    • 4+ yrs
  • Sophie Woodgate
    • 3+ yrs

Baristas

Our café team

The baristas serving Dublin daily across our academy coffee bars.

  • Anastasia Akhvlediani, Barista
  • Olena Demchenko, Barista

Behind the scenes

Student support & operations

The team managing your bookings, certificates and corporate events.

  • Ian Monks, General Manager
  • Linda May Fox, Director
  • Laura Doyle, Operations Manager
  • Kieron Pierson, Office Manager
  • Rozina Naidoo, Sales Manager
  • El-Lisa Maposse, Sales Executive
  • Consuelo Tagliapietra, Marketing Advisor
  • Parishmita Das, Marketing Advisor

Where to find us

School locations

Dublin Barista School shopfront at 19a South Anne Street
South Anne Street, Dublin 219a Anne St S, Dublin 2
Dublin Barista School in St. Stephen's Green Shopping Centre
St. Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre1st floor
The Dublin Barista School team with two of our vans A Dublin Barista School coffee van A Dublin Barista School coffee van set up for an event
Travelling Nationwide

Events

Hire our mobile coffee fleet

Specialty coffee bars, pop-ups and corporate event catering nationwide.

Enquire about event hire

Ready to learn with us?

Small classes mean one-on-one coaching at the machine.

Book Licence to Work • €499 Book Barista Essentials • €159

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