Kaffeine Legend - Ashlea Stirling - Senior Barista

We wish we had found her earlier in her two years here in the UK, but hey, we are lucky to have had her here for the past six months or so. One of our fabulous staff members, Ashlea, is leaving next week to go back to Australia.

If you know our store, you may recognise Ash as being the rather tall young lady working behind the espresso machine, but also making herself very useful on the till, the floor, and at our concession at Lend Lease.

Recent twitterings have stated about the fact that it is hard to find great baristas at the moment, and yes, that can and it will be the case. There are a lot of new openings in the cafe world at the moment and not just good baristas, but good staff are in demand.

But, this is a problem across all areas of hospitality and has been forever. I imagine it is a problem in almost every industry. Recruiting, training and keeping great staff who have passion, enthusiasm, skill and commitment.

At Kaffeine we are extremely grateful for the staff that work for us who have that passion, enthusiasm and commitment, but what is even greater satisfaction for me, is the knowledge that people like Ashlea will continue to grow and be successful and be a great asset to any of her employers for the rest of her career.

If anyone in Melbourne is reading this, look out for her. I suggest you employ her as soon as possible. Good luck Ash, we will miss you.

Peter Dore-Smith
Director
Kaffeine Ltd
66 Great Titchfield st.
15 Eastcastle st.