The Girl in the Cafe
Celeste Wong: Actress & Top Coffee Barista. Born in Dunedin, New Zealand, Celeste is has held top positions in leading artisan cafes all over the world for well over a decade. Since migrating to the UK, she has been listed as one of London’s top five Baristas in The Financial Times and noted for her excellence in a plethora of other publications (see Press Page). She has just written her first coffee book, COFFEE CREATIONS, available in bookshops worldwide from September 12, 2024.
With an Honours degree in Commerce & Design she is also an actress, with notable success in her roles in front of the camera, including an award-winning short film garnering eight festival selections in 2022, appearances alongside Matthew Macfadyen and a leading role in an action dramedy TV show as an ex-MMA fighter!
Celeste is a coffee and lifestyle influencer, creating social media content for her own platform and other brands. She writes professionally on coffee topics and consults on a range of services for cafes and lifestyle brands. She also has her own brand of Coffee Beans available via her online web-shop which supplies cafes, offices and homes. (see below)
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“Coffee is like this long love affair that is exciting, evolving, heartbreaking but all encapsulating… Like any relationship, it takes work. But the highs definitely out weigh the lows and the rewards are satisfying. What keeps me falling in love again and again with coffee is the ever changing and developing industry, techniques, new information and interaction. Whenever a plateau begins to form, I learn something new, a new aspect or perspective and I’m hooked again. I can’t help it...”
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I love the physical aspect to making coffee and I’m challenged to use all my senses everyday. Even though it's subjective, people underestimate how much focus and concentration goes into making a great cup of coffee. There’s a history, a present, a journey that doesn’t just stop once the coffee hits the cup or table….
It's an important thing coffee - I love that through coffee I can be part of peoples day. Coffee is so enjoyable on many levels, but it also helps you focus, to do what you've gotta do and I'm all for that.
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*Thanks to @Dazwildthing for use of photos & Wiltons Way Cafe for shoot location and @yolandaliou for the photos