Ir. Claudia Delbaere graduated in 2008 as a bio engineer (specialization: chemistry) at the Faculty of Bioscience Engineering of Ghent University. After she graduated, she worked for 3 years as a researcher in the Food Structure and Function Research Group (former Laboratory of Food Technology and Engineering) on “Migration-induced fat bloom in pralines” in the framework of the European project ProPraline. In the next 2 years she continued the research in this area through the Flanders’ Food project FAT BLOOM. This research was conducted in collaboration with about 25 Flemish companies from the chocolate industry. In July 2013 Claudia started working as Project Manager at Cacaolab, an official spin-off of Ghent University, dedicated to research, development, innovation and training from bean to praline. She became General Manager of Cacaolab in 2021.