Callebaut® announces its finalists for Mumbai Boot Camp for Callebaut® Patissier of the Year, 2019

Mumbai, India, 9th April 2019: The finest Belgian chocolate brand, Callebaut®, announced Chef Dean Rodrigues and Chef Mayukh Mazmudar as the finalists from Mumbai who will be contesting for the grand finale for Callebaut Patissier Of The Year, 2019 (CPY). The Mumbai boot camp witnessed a range of participants from pastry chefs to chocolate professionals who were competing for the title in Mumbai.

The experienced panel included Chef Avijit Ghosh (Corporate Pastry Chef, Hotel LeelaVenture Ltd)Chef Prashant Sabne(Pastry Chef at The Oberoi & Trident Nariman Point Mumbai) and Chef Sanjana Patel(Executive Pastry chef LaFolie). This very edition of the bootcamp series held in Mumbai offered chefs a creative quest in the line of ‘Future of Chocolate’, and gave them a chance to traverse beyond all known boundaries and experiment with chocolate.

The brief given to participants was that they had to showcase their talent by creating new sensations in the world of chocolate; in either designs or experiment with new forms of desserts, pastries and confectionery. The contestants from scratch harmoniously created a mélange of decadent flavours that kept in mind futuristic tastes, textures and innovation while taking chocolate to the next level.

With an amazing response from Mumbai, CPY 2019 has more to offer from Bangalore and Delhi boot camps.