Hungry Jack’s Cafe Blend by Grinders Coffee wins 2023 Golden Bean Award

The coffee blend used at Hungry Jack’s has taken out a prestigious industry title – beating some of Australia’s stiffest competition.

The coffee blend used at Hungry Jack’s has taken out a prestigious industry title – beating some of Australia’s stiffest competition.

Grinders Coffee took home equal first place for Overall Large Chain Champion in Australia’s largest roasting competition, The Golden Bean, for its blend carefully and exclusively curated for Jack’s Cafe.

Grinders general manager, Sally Byrne, said the award was testament to the exceptional roasters who have been making coffee for Jack’s Cafe for more than four years.

The fast food giant’s cafe network has more than 450 locations across Australia.

The coffee blend used at Hungry Jack’s has taken out a prestigious industry title – beating some of Australia’s stiffest competition.

“We are delighted to receive this recognition and take home the gold medal at Golden Bean this year for our blend at Jack’s Cafe,” Ms Byrne said.

“As a leading coffee roaster and a key partner of Jack’s Cafe, we are constantly striving to deliver the highest quality coffee, day in, day out.

“We are proud of our partnership and will continue to work relentlessly to roast our coffee to perfection, locally in Melbourne.”

Head of Jack’s Cafe for Hungry Jack’s, Joy Villanueva, congratulated Grinders Coffee on its win.

“It’s now official. The coffee is better at Hungry Jack’s,” she said in a statement.

“Coffee quality and great service are key to customer satisfaction at Jack’s Cafe and with Grinders receiving this well-deserved recognition for the Jack’s Cafe blend, our customers can rest assured they are being served premium coffee every time.”

'It’s now official: ‘The coffee is better at Hungry Jack’s’. Picture: Supplied

Hungry Jack’s announced last July it would commence a nationwide rollout of barista-made coffee under the banner of Jack’s Cafe, following an ever-increasing appetite for coffee in Australia.

“We all know how much Australians love their coffee, and quality barista-made coffee isn’t just ‘nice to have’, it is an expectation from our customers,” Hungry Jack’s chief executive Chris Green said at the time.

A Hungry Jack’s statement said the $20-million investment had poured funds into state-of-the-art equipment and rigorous training in order to deliver the “best coffee experience possible”.

Jack’s Cafe aims to deliver a signature blend that combines arabica beans from Papua New Guinea and Costa Rica, adding to the nation’s coffee imports that have more than doubled in the last decade.