john

Founder - Co-Owner - Head Roaster

With decades of experience as a Chef and successful Cafe Owner, John's passion for great food and coffee led him to start roasting for his then family run Cafe in Gerringong, circa 2008. Born from this early roasting success, The Daily Grind Coffee Company was founded. Now, more than ten years on, John is the Head of Roasting and Distribution, a Master Roaster and is committed to the ongoing success and future growth of the business for the next generation of Coffee Lovers.

rachel

Co-Owner - Chief Financial Officer

Rachel brings decades of experience in SME Ownership, Business Management and Financial Services Accounting. Joining the Management Team in Mid-2018, Rachel sits in the CFO chair and oversees the day to day business operations, direction and management of the Company. An integral member of the team, Rachel provides leadership, direction and management of the finance and accounting division and, is also responsible for providing strategic recommendations on long-term business goals, establishing and developing relations with senior management, external partners and stakeholders.

pat

Co-Owner - Head of our Sales & Marketing Division

With decades of solid B2B content marketing experience, Pat's strengths are providing tailored service strategies geared towards the individual Cafe’s needs . With a particular focus on building strong relationships, Pat works closely with our Customers helping develop quality brand awareness that stands out from the competition.
What he enjoys most is being in the field servicing the needs of the cafe owner, by delivering structured support and, solutions to drive sales, attract and maintain customers, sustainability and growth of the business.

Ricky

Master Roaster, QC/QA, Green Bean Hunter

Ricky has almost 20 years coffee industry experience particularly in Specialty Coffee, International Networking and establishing Direct Trade Relationships with the Coffee Farmer. Ricky has a well-developed, some would say 'unique transparent understanding' of what coffee quality means and how best to work harmoniously with the coffee, to ensure quality, freshness and a fair price.
Ricky has participated as a Judge in both International and National Coffee Competitions whilst, also investing his time in research on innovation of new products and equipment for the industry.
His last 6 years have been spent with Daily Grind as Master Roaster, Quality Control/Assurance and expert green bean hunter.

Leigh

Barista

Leigh comes from a background in high volume cafes in Europe and throughout Melbourne, working mainly as a head barista, a cafe manager and in quality control and development. He has played an integral part in the training of a Slovak Barista Champion as well as competitors in Victorian and Australian Barista, Bewers and Tasters Championships. Leigh's strengths lie in quick, efficient and high-quality service as well as, coffee evaluation and recipe creation for both espresso and filter coffee.

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Our Story

A tale of some Beans by the beach

It all started in the basement of a cafe

with a passion

a Dream

and

a Couple of Beans

since then we have grown a little

John

Rachel

Pat

Ricky

leigh

here for a good time.
here for a long time.

john

rachel

pat

Ricky

Leigh

want to get in touch?

Your basket

Your basket

Our Story

A tale of some Beans by the beach

It all started in the basement of a cafe

with a passion

a Dream

and

a Couple of Beans

since then we have grown a little

John

Rachel

Pat

Ricky

leigh

here for a good time.here for a long time.

john

rachel

pat

Ricky

Leigh

want to get in touch?

here for a good time.
here for a long time.