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Do you want to develop your artisanal know-how? Are you passionate about cocoa and chocolate? Many schools in the Brussels-Capital Region provide training. There are three types of courses available: public classes in French, public classes in Dutch and private classes.

French-language public education

Depending on whether it concerns secondary education, middle class training or social promotion education, several training courses are organized.

Dutch-speaking public education

As you have understood, the complexity of institutional networking and teaching networks does not make things any easier in our region. Luckily, the training courses offered in the Dutch-speaking public network are similar to the French-speaking network.

Private schools

In addition to public courses, private training is also available in the chocolate sector - at higher prices - not far from Brussels. They include:

  • The Chocolate Academy, opened recently by Callebaut in the village of Wieze where the famous brand was founded in 1911, is known as the largest academic centre of a network of sixteen international locations (from Mexico to Canada to Poland and China).

More information is available on the Chocolate Academy Belgium website

  • The Belgian Chocolate School, located in Antwerp (Hoboken), is operated by Chocolate World, one of the leaders in the manufacturing of machines, equipment and utensils for chocolatiers.

More information is available on the Belgium Chocolate School website

  • Art of Chocolate Belgian Masterclasses, is located in the Nouveau Musée du Chocolat in Brussels (33, rue du Lombard).

See more information on the Art of Chocolate Belgian Masterclasses website.

  • CACAOLAB (Ghent), offers seminars and workshops.

More information is available on the CACAOLAB website.

  • The Chocolate University holds week-long master classes in Bruges.

More information is available on the Chocolate University website.

Training is also provided by Afsca, including labelling classes.

Note that, as the chocolatiers we met with state below, the training provided is generally not sufficient to acquire all of the skills required to manage a business.

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