Industry recognition and Awards

  • Zentveld's are the most awarded Australian grown coffee company.
    In Australia’s national coffee competition – the Sydney Royal Fine Foods Show, we compete with coffee roasting companies from across Australia. Companies that can enter foreign grown beans and blends against our single origin, all Australian grown beans. Yet we have outclassed the blended coffees and foreign grown beans, and many other Australian grown coffee entries in the national coffee competition over the years.

Our awards include:

2006 - Zentvelds won 5 awards in this years RAS for their Australian coffee and chocolate coated espressobeans.

- Espresso Short Black -Bronze - Reserve 01
- Cappuccino. The Classic International Style. Bronze - Reserve 01
- Plunger Coffee. 100% Single Origin Coffee. Bronze -Matilda Roast

Zentvelds chocolate espressobeans
SILVER MEDAL - PURE DARK
BRONZE MEDAL - PURE MILK

2005 - Zentveld’s won 6 awards, making us Australia's most awarded coffee company in the National Coffee Competition.

– Espresso (short black): Ernesto Roast (Bronze)
– Espresso (short black): Reserve 01 (Bronze)
– Plunger coffee single origin. Matilda Medium Dark (Bronze)
– Plunger coffee single origin. Ernesto Roast (Bronze)
– Plunger coffee open class. Ernesto Roast (Bronze)
– Plunger coffee open class. Matilda Medium Dark (Bronze)

The Royal Hobart Fine Food Awards 2005

Gold Medal - Pure Dark Chocolate Espressobeans
Silver Medal - Pure Milk Chocolate Espressobeans
2005 Confectionary Champions

2004 - Espresso (short black) Open Class. Ernesto Roast (Bronze)
2004 – Espresso (short black). Single Origin Coffee. Ernesto Roast (Bronze)

2003 - Open class plunger coffee. Matilda Medium Dark (Bronze)
2003 – 100% Single Origin coffee. Matilda Medium Dark (Silver)

2002 - Zentveld’s won 4 awards, the highest for any Australian or single origin coffee.

– Single Origin Espresso : Reserve 01 (Silver)
– Open Class Plunger : Medium Dark (Bronze)
– Open Class Plunger : Ernesto Roast (Bronze)
– Single Origin Plunger : Medium Dark (Bronze)


We were subsequently presented with 2 special awards, as the 2001 Coffee Champions of the Show : ‘The Coffee Champions – Single Origin Coffee’ and ‘The Coffee Champions – Australian Single Origin Coffee.’

2001 – Single Origin Espresso 1st place : Ernesto Roast
2001 – Single Origin Plunger 1st place : Medium Dark (Silver Award)

1998 – Open Class Espresso 3rd place : Ernesto Roast (open to all blends and single origin coffees)

  • We are most proud of the recognition we have received for roasting and presenting Australian grown coffee. Apart from the awards, we have received accolades from professional coffee roasting and tasting experts, both Australian and from other ‘coffee worlds’ such as Italy or Hawaii, over the years.