Episode 62: The critical Head of Coffee role

With over 25 years in the coffee industry, Chris Jordan is a globally recognised leader with in-depth experience in sourcing, sustainability, roasting, quality, marketing and product development across diverse geographies. Jordan is currently the Group Head of Coffee for Caffe Nero, leading the companies’ sourcing, roasting, product development and coffee training teams.

Ryan Garrick is Head of Coffee WatchHouse, a boutique specialty coffee business with over 10 locations across London. A qualified coffee Q-grader, Garrick leads the development of WatchHouse’s green coffee program in-store and online working closely with producers and small importers and exporters to source unique specialty coffees based on quality and flavour.

Tatte Bakery was founded in 2007, originally selling baked goods at a farmers market in Boston and now has 30 bakeries around Boston and Washington DC. Born and raised in Boston, Jennifer Salamone joined Tatte in 2015 as assistant to the founder Tzurit Or. Salamone now leads cafe operators for Boston and supports on Taste’s coffee programme.

Antonia Petaccio joined Tatte Bakery in 2022 as a barista and worked on new cafe openings before joining the Learning & Development team as a Coffee Trainer. Petaccio is responsible for all coffee related training for the DC market baristas and managers and is involved in all new cafe openings in the market.