- Location:
- Belgium, Wieze
- Date:
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19 May 2025 - 20 May 2025
- Duration:
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2 days
- Primary course language:
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English
- Price:
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650.00 EUR
- Segment:
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Bakery/Pastry ShopHotel/Restaurant
- Class size:
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13
Chef Francisco Moreira is a Portuguese-Belgian pastry chef with experience in hotels, pastry shops and high-end restaurants in Portugal and Spain.
Since 2017, he has worked at the Chocolate Academy in Belgium, teaching courses and supporting artisan and industrial customers.
In this course, you will discover new and innovative ideas in pastry-making, creative and well-balanced recipes, always with respect to tradition. Keeping this in mind, chef Francisco will share with you how to adapt to modern times while improving textures and flavours in pastry creations.
From tarts to entremets, you will be able to follow every detail of each recipe until reaching the final product.
Target Audience :
Since Chocolate Academy is part of the Barry Callebaut group and our focus is on professional chocolate processing our courses are only for professional bakers, pastry chefs, chocolatiers and catering chefs.
Practical information
TO KNOW BEFORE THE START OF THE COURSE
Indicative programme of a course
08:30h - Welcome at Chocolate Academy™ bar
09:00 - Start of course
12:00h - Lunch
13:00h - Continuation of the course
17:00h - End of course
Deviations from this daily schedule are possible depending on the course and teachers.
Lunch
Lunch and all hot and cold drinks consumed during the course are included in the price.
If you have any food intolerances or restrictions, please let us know by e-mail:
chocolate_academy_belgium@barry-callebaut.com
Transport
Only transport is provided to Chocolate Academy™ in Wieze from the following hotels in Aalst and vice versa.
No pickup is provided at the airport or train stations (including Aalst station). No other transfer is provided.
However, you can take advantage of this shuttle service offered without hotel reservation .
The hotels are located at the following distance from the railway station of Aalst :
Keizershof hotel : 850 metres
Tower hotel : 800 meter
Ibis hotel : 2.7 km
Arrangements for the shuttle service will be made 2 weeks before the start of the course when you receive the final invitation.
Accommodation
Keizershof Hotel (centre of Aalst)
Korte Nieuwstraat 15, 9300 Aalst
contact@keizershof-hotel .com
Tower Hotel (centrum Aalst)
Vrijheidstraat 62, 9300 Aalst
www.towerhotelaalst.com
Ibis Hotel (near motorway exit, 20 min walking distance from centre of Aalst)
Villalaan 20, 9300 Aalst
h3155@accor .com
TO KNOW DURING THE COURSE
Lockers
Behind the Library are the lockers for storing your personal belongings; left for men, right for women .
Don't forget to put the key back on the locker after the course for the next visitor .
Meals
Lunch is taken in the bar or at the Greenhouse .
Washing up
Students are asked to help with the dishes from time to time during the course.
Chef's jacket
A chef's jacket can be used for the duration of the course. These are fitted at the start and used for the duration of the course.
After the course, you can leave your chef's jacket on the floor in the locker room.
Mobile shop
During the course, we offer our students the opportunity to buy books from a limited selection of professional literature .
Payment can be made by bank transfer or cash
Social Network
WIFI login
You can use on the local WIFI network . Ask for a login at the start of the course.
Important
Safety and hygiene rules
- Please notify us in case of illness or symptoms of COVID-19 .
- No glass will be taken into the course room . However, drinks can be brought in cardboard cups from the bar .
- Peanuts are prohibited everywhere on the premises (i.e. no Snickers or peanut butter) .
- Smoking is prohibited in the buildings and areas around the factory . Outside the Chocolate Academy™, there is a smoking shelter provided on the left when you go outside .
- It is necessary to wear closed footwear (without heels) and long trousers . You may not enter the course room without a chef's coat or disposable jacket .
- There are toilets on the ground floor (corridor next to the Pastry Lab) and on the first floor (past the bar and lift) - see floor plan in the attached document
Photos during the course
Photos will be taken during the course and published later on our Facebook page and Instagram .
If you do not agree to this, please let us know! All understanding for that .
Discounts for Belgian companies
Are you taking a course at the Chocolate Academy™? Whether you opt for a chocolate, bakery, patisserie or ice cream course, Alimento offers a discount on your registration:
From €75 for a half-day to €150 for a full day .
For whom?
All Belgian bakers, pastry chefs or chocolatiers who fall under Joint Committee 118 or 220 and have fewer than 100 employees . This discount also applies to the business manager if he/she participates together with the employee(s) . The same applies to technical education teachers teaching bakery, pastry or chocolate courses .
When do you receive this discount?
You first pay the full amount to Chocolate Academy™ . When the course is over, we will notify Alimento of your attendance . They will refund part of the total price.
What steps do I need to take?
While registering, please inform in the comments or notify us via:
chocolate_academy_belgium@barry-callebaut.com
