Professors
Virginie Detournay
- Bio-engineer (ULB) with a speciality in chemical and bio-industries.
- R&D manager at Puratos.
- Development of customized recipes in line with specific request and market needs.
Jeffrey de Wever
- Technical Chocolate Advisor at Belcolade
- Travels all over the world to show to professionals the newest innovations in the field of chocolate
- 6 years bakery/Patisserie school + 2 specialization years (chocolate and patisserie)
- Silver medal in a chocolate competition “Jacques Saey”
- His specialty lies within patisserie, panning and applying chocolate pralines and decorations
Michel Eyckerman
- Chocolate Center Supervisor Belcolade.
- Expert in all chocolate techniques.
- Graduate in dietetics and passionate about cooking and chocolate.
- Golden Medals ‘Les Pellons d’Or’ 2013 (European) & ‘Richmont Cup’ 2014 (Belgian).
- Technical diploma Bread Patisserie and Chocolate.
Laurence Koutny
- 17 years of experience in the chocolate industry.
- She led marketing and merchandising for Godiva Europe as well as their international innovations team.
- She is a consultant in chocolate businesses in Iceland and Egypt and for many chocolatiers in Belgium.