Barry Callebaut AG (SWF:BARN) Barry Callebaut Opens Its First Chocolate Academy In Russia

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* Barry Callebaut opens a new Chocolate Academy in Chekhov, Russia - a training center for professional users of chocolate * Courses include workshops, seminars and demonstrations, designed to encourage the exchange of technical expertise in the handling of fine chocolate * 150 years of knowledge, creativity and passion for cocoa and chocolate collected to create an information network among professionals * 500 chocolatiers, confectioners and chefs gather each week in the 12 Chocolate Academies worldwide

Chekhov/Russia, September 4, 2008 - Barry Callebaut, the world's leading manufacturer of high quality cocoa and chocolate products, today inaugurated a state-of-the-art, Chocolate Academy in Chekhov, near Moscow, as part of its commitment to building its business in Eastern Europe and strengthening its relationships with chocolatiers and chefs in Russia.

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Media Contact for Russia:

Julia Sloutskova Willard PR Moscow, 4 Stasovoy str., Donskoy Posad, office A100, Moscow, 119071, Russia tel. +7 495 775 47 95 Email: sloutskova@willardgroup.ru

Media Contact outside Russia:

Josiane Kremer Corporate Communications Barry Callebaut AG, Zurich, Switzerland Tel: +41 43 204 0458 Email: josiane_kremer@barry-callebaut.com

The news release can be downloaded from the following link:

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