illycaffè announces the winners of the 23rd Ernesto Illy Quality Award for
Espresso Coffee
Besides the national awards, regional highlights were also recognized.
The 23rd Ernesto Illy Quality Award for Espresso Coffee already has a winner: Simone Dias
Sampaio Silva, from Araponga (MG). The coffee grower received a check for R$ 60,000 for her
sample being chosen amongst more than 500 analyzed by the Judging Committee. In total,
illycaffè distributed more than R$ 200,000 to the producers who occupied the best positions in
the national and regional editions.
Second place went to Cláudio Esteves Gutierrez, from Chapada de Minas, who received R$
35,000. Third place went to Clovis Carvalho, from Cerrado Mineiro, who received R$ 18,000.
Fourth and fifth places, two coffee growers from Matas de Minas: José Roberto da Silva
Gomes, who received R$ 9,000, and José Carlos Pereira, who received R$ 5,000. The producers
who occupied the 6th to 40th positions were awarded R$ 1,200.
In addition to the winners of the national edition, regional winners were awarded in the State
of São Paulo, the State of Rio de Janeiro, the Center West region, the North and Northeast
region, the South region, Matas de Minas, Chapada de Minas, Cerrado Mineiro and the South
of Minas (see the names in the table below).This segmentation helps illycaffè to discover grains
of excellence vouched for in new localities.
“The purpose of regional categories is to promote greater participation of producers in the
whole of Brazil, to the extent that, once again, we have received samples from all the
participating areas. We will continue encouraging the participation of these suppliers, always
assisting them in obtaining quality coffee”, declared Andrea Illy, CEO of illycaffè, during his
speech.
The choice of the best coffees was made by a judging committee, with national and
international specialists, through tests with ultraviolet light and through the classification of
the grain as to appearance, dryness, color, type, moisture content, roasting and as to the
quality of the drink, with espresso tasting.
Also during the award-winning ceremony, the classifiers with more samples selected among
the finalists were awarded. The winner, Edivaldo Batista Generoso, received R$ 3,500; the
first runner up, Wellington Carlos Pereira, R$ 2,500; the second runner up, Valdeci Miguel
Rodrigues, R$ 1,500; and the third runner up, Mauro Henrique Dias, R$ 1,000.
The public present at the event also met the Supplier of the Year, Eduardo Pinheiro Campos.
He was elected by the jury of the Clube illy do Café — a loyalty program of illycaffè which
gathers the best suppliers of the company. To decide the winner, they analyzed criteria such
as: loyalty and efficiency of the producer, punctuality of delivery, presentation of the product,
achievement of quantity and quality sold, correspondence of the batch with the original
sample and participation in the Sustainability Program and in the Award. The winner will win a
cultural trip to Italy, with the option to take a companion, to visit the headquarters of illycaffè,
in Trieste, among other attractions.
Check below for the full list of winners:
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NAME OF THE PRODUCER
STATE
Simone Dias Sampaio Silva
Cláudio Esteves Gutierrez
Clovis Carvalho
José Roberto da Silva Gomes
José Carlos Pereira
Amanda Ribeiro Pinto
Ana Luiza Resende Pimenta
Armando Santos Júnior
Claudio Martins Belo
Comercial Mineira S.A.
Daniela Maria Maringoli Muniz
Edio Anacleto Miranda
Edivandro Martins Amancio
Eduardo Lima Souza
Eduardo Pinheiro Campos
Elisa Myaki Silva
Geovane Miranda
Guilherme Gotelip
Homero Teixeira de Macedo Júnior
Imaculada Maria Viana Ramos
Janelive Sartini Muniz Garcia
Jayme Santos Miranda
João Henrique Rodrigues de Miranda
José Dalmo de Araujo
José Mauro Miranda
José Roberto Canato
José Serra Netto
Leonardo Costa Marinho
Marco Alan Batista de Castro
Maria Aparecida Milagres Miranda
Mariana de Carvalho Junqueira
Marta Dias de Castro Pereira
Matheus Lopes Sanglard
Matheus Ribeiro Miaki
Paulo Ricardo da Silva Oliveira
Raimundo Dimas Santana
Thiago Henrique Maringoli Muniz
Tomas Podolsky Rossilho
Túlio Mambrini
Virgilio Dias Pereira Sobrinho
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
São Paulo
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
REGIONAL WINNERS
Center-West
Carlos Alberto Leite Coutinho
Luiz Carlos Figueiredo
Cerrado Mineiro
Clovis Carvalho
Jayme Santos Miranda
Chapada de Minas
Cláudio Esteves Gutierrez
Eduardo Shiniti Yamaguchi
Matas de Minas
Simone Dias Sampaio Silva
José Roberto da Silva Gomes
North and Northeast
Glauber de Castro
Rio de Janeiro
Efigênio Nioac de Salles
São Paulo
Homero Teixeira de Macedo Júnior
Luiz Antônio Poli
South
Orlando Von der Ostem
South of Minas
José Roberto Canato
Ana Luiza Resende Pimenta
CLASSIFIERS
Edivaldo Batista Generoso
Wellington Carlos Pereira
Valdeci Miguel Rodrigues
Mauro Henrique Dias
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
About illycaffè
Based in Trieste, in Italy, the Italian coffee roaster illycaffè produces and markets a unique
blend of 100% Arabic espresso coffee, under a unique brand, leader in quality. The illy
products are marketed in 140 countries and are available in more than 100,000 of the best
restaurants and cafés. The espressamente illy, Italian-style cafés, are present in 30 countries,
with more than 230 points-of-sale. In order to propagate coffee culture, illycaffè opened the
Università del caffè, a training center of excellence that offers theoretical and practical training
in all aspects of coffee to coffee growers, team of coffee shops and coffee lovers. illycaffè
employs 900 people around the world and has a consolidated revenue of € 361 million (results
for 2012). It is the official partner of Expo Milan 2015 and responsible for Coffee Cluster, the
large pavilion entirely dedicated to the beverage in the universal exhibition, entitled “From the
plant to the cup”.
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