Our Training Team
Meet our training team - Sara, Tom and Ben. Sara is our Head of Education and Events, Tom hosts our full selection of SCA and Home Enthusiast courses and Ben focuses on Home Barista and Latte Art. Our team also includes Alessia, helping with enquiries and admin.
If you want to develop your barista skills, book a workshop for your team or simply start your coffee journey, we're here to help. You can reach us here, and we look forward to hearing from you!

Sara
has been working in coffee for more than 15 years, starting out as a barista in the smallest (and nicest) coffeebar in Stockholm, Sweden and then fell in love with speciality coffee while doing a stint in Oslo, Norway. After moving to London in 2012, she spent 5 years with Workshop Coffee, starting out as a barista and then moving on to teaching brewing classes, opening and managing two new coffeebars and running operations for another.
Since 2017 she's focusing on what she loves the most, teaching, and is heading up our Training Centre here in Prufrock Coffee. She's an Authorised SCA Trainer (AST) and a member of the Creators' Group for the SCA Barista Skills module, who works to update and improve the course curriculums and exams.

Tom
started his career working in a small family-run cafe in Essex, which is where his love of coffee started to form. He moved to London in 2017 to dive into the world of speciality coffee, where he spent 3 years at Black Sheep Coffee. From starting out as a barista he moved to new store openings, barista training and eventually to leading coffee quality control as well as learning and development.
He's decided to pursue the rewarding career of coffee education and is now one of the trainers here at Prufrock Coffee. He's an Authorised SCA Trainer (AST) for Barista Skills, Brewing and Sensory Skills, and a certified Q Arabica Grader by the Coffee Quality Institute (CQI).

Ben
Originally from the east of France, Ben fell in love with coffee when traveling in California and decided to follow his passion and desire to learn with a one way ticket to London in 2018. He owned his skills when working as a barista at Prufrock and then continued as a trainer and account manager for Climpson and Sons, creating and delivering training for wholesale customers and running home enthusiast courses.
Seeing the impact on people's skills and understanding of coffee has been one of the most rewarding aspects of being a trainer for Ben. He now runs the wholesale training at Square Mile Coffee Roasters and can also be found at Prufrock teaching our Home Enthusiast courses.