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Well-known Calgary chocolatier Bernard Callebaut has declared personal bankruptcy.

In an interview, Callebaut told the Calgary Herald on Wednesday his financial woes with credit card debt date back a number of years to when his former business went into receivership.

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“It’s totally personal,” said Callebaut, who operates Master Chocolat, which he added is owned by private company GRC Food Services.

He said the bankruptcy is not related to Master Chocolat.

“I’m still involved with them. Absolutely,” said Callebaut.

A legal notice in the Calgary Herald on Tuesday, by Hudson & Company Insolvency Trustees Inc., stated that the bankruptcy of Bernard Willy Margueritte Callebaut occurred Dec. 23 and that the first meeting of creditors will be held Jan. 12 at the Office of the Trustee.

Callebaut lost his company, Chocolaterie Bernard Callebaut, in 2010 after it hit financial trouble and went into receivership.