Barry Callebaut’s Chocolate Academy in Lebbeke
Some 25 years ago, Barry Callebaut opened a chocolate academy in Wieze, a sub-municipality of Lebbeke in East Flanders. We built a completely new chocolate academy – the biggest in the world – for this client, where more than a thousand chocolate makers and pastry chefs refine their skills each year.
Project properties
Project name
Barry Callebaut’s Chocolate Academy in Lebbeke
Location
Aalstersestraat 122 - Lebbeke
Client
Barry Callebaut
Category
Education
Architect
Cordeel Temse
Period
Completed
Chocolate colours
Callebaut, founded in Wieze in 1911, has grown into the largest chocolate manufacturer in the world. The company invested 4.5 million euros in the new flagship academy. The result is a high-tech, state-of-the-art building in chocolate colours with four classrooms, a kitchen for top chefs, an auditorium, a library and, of course, a tasting centre.
