Taste of excellence: Students prepare chocolate cakes as they attend a pastry class at the Institut Paul Bocuse, in a 19th century chateau in Ecully near Lyon. The Institut Paul Bocuse, created by French chef Paul Bocuse in 2004, trains students in every aspect of the culinary arts, and hotel and restaurant management. The cooking school welcomes 450 students from 37 countries each year for a unique immersion in French gastronomic heritage. REUTERS