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With only a few hours to go before the Italian Coffee Championships come to a close, Simonelli Group congratulates all participants and especially celebrates the results of Federico Pinna, 1st place in the Italian Coffee Barista Championship<\/strong><\/strong>, Cesare Spinella, 2nd place in the Italian Coffee Barista Championship <\/strong>(pictured below left), and Andrea Batacchi<\/strong>, 2nd place in the Italian Brewers Cup Championship<\/strong><\/strong>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"images","gallery":[{"ID":1625,"id":1625,"title":"YouthAcademy2025","filename":"YouthAcademy2025.jpg","filesize":447387,"url":"https:\/\/simonelligroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/01\/YouthAcademy2025.jpg","link":"https:\/\/simonelligroup.com\/en\/news\/youth-academy-from-first-steps-to-the-podium-at-the-italian-barista-championships\/youthacademy2025-2\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"youthacademy2025-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1624,"date":"2026-01-22 08:24:51","modified":"2026-01-22 08:24:51","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/simonelligroup.com\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":2996,"height":2380,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/simonelligroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/01\/YouthAcademy2025-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/simonelligroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/01\/YouthAcademy2025-300x238.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":238,"medium_large":"https:\/\/simonelligroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/01\/YouthAcademy2025-768x610.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":610,"large":"https:\/\/simonelligroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/01\/YouthAcademy2025-1024x813.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":813,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/simonelligroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/01\/YouthAcademy2025-1536x1220.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1220,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/simonelligroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/01\/YouthAcademy2025-2048x1627.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1627}}]},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","description":"

Three young professionals who shared a common path: Youth Academy. <\/a><\/strong>A training experience that accompanied them in their technical and professional growth, leading them today to distinguish themselves among the best Italian bartenders and brewers.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","description":"

That’s the goal of Youth Academy<\/a>: to bring young people closer to the world of professional coffee<\/strong>, cultivating talent and passion through high-level training courses, qualified faculty and unique experiences<\/strong> designed to build solid skills and a concrete vision of the future of the industry.<\/p>\n

If you too dream of turning your passion for coffee into a profession, this is your chance<\/strong>.
\nJoin Youth Academy<\/strong> and enter the selection process to win an SCA-certified scholarship<\/strong>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","description":"

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