The Barry Callebaut Group has opened its new, relocated Callebaut® Chocolate Academy center and sales office in Mumbai, India. The center and sales office is a relocation from its previous home which opened in 2008. The center serves as a venue for the exchange of technical skills, training, dialogue and the sharing of love for all aspects related to chocolate and cocoa products. It is one of 19 training centers managed by the company's gourmet division, around the world, and one of four in the Asia Pacific, with other centers being located in Singapore, Shanghai (China) and Tokyo (Japan). As the most important partner for kitchen and pastry chefs, chocolatiers, bakers and caterers, Callebaut®, the Belgian chocolate brand of Barry Callebaut, represented one of the largest supporters of chocolate artisan. The new center is equipped with state-of-the-art equipment and is led by professionals who have had the benefit of imbibing Barry Callebaut’s extensive global gourmet product experience. The center’s offerings include a wide range of workshops, courses and demonstrations for professional customers in all sectors: chocolatiers, pastry chefs, bakers and other chocolate experts as well as culinary professionals working in hotels, restaurants and the catering business. They will be able to benefit from the modern kitchen and the equipment that the academy is equipped with, to perfect their expertise in chocolate under the guidance of Callebaut’s specially-trained and renowned chefs and the elite Chocolate Ambassadors Club. The Callebaut® Chocolate Academy center in Mumbai will be integrated into the network of the company’s 18 other such training centers all around the world. About 38,000 professionals and artisans receive training at these centers every year.