Cacao Barry and Mona Lisa have announced the appointment of Romain Cornu as their first fine dining Global Brand Ambassador. Joining the brands’ Ambassador’s Club team of chefs, Cornu will help shape the future of evolving fine-dining pastry around the world through knowledge sharing, training, and innovations.

With more than 17 years of experience, Cornu, Global Corporate Pastry Chef for the Tao group, has been involved with high-end restaurants and hotels in the Middle East, France, and throughout the United States and continues today to shape the dessert offering around the world.

“As he supervises fine-dining pastry labs in all corners of the world through the TAO group, he is in a unique position to understand first-hand the different changes happening and share those experiences with our 26 Chocolate Academy centers chefs and our customers, and innovate with us to empower all creative chefs to succeed”, says Andrea Doucet Donida, Cacao Barry Global Brand Leader.