different aspect of French cuisine. Paul Bocuse's son, Jérôme, manages the "Les Chefs de France" restaurant which the elder Bocuse co-founded with Roger Vergé and Gaston Lenôtre and is located inside the French pavilion at Walt Disney World's EPCOT. Bocuse was considered an ambassador of modern French cuisine. He was honoured in 1961 with the title Meilleur Ouvrier de France. He had been apprenticed to Fernand Point, a master of classic French cuisine. Bocuse dedicated his first book to him. Institute Paul Bocuse Worldwide Alliance In 2004, the Institut Paul Bocuse Worldwide Alliance was created. In 2014, the Alliance brought together students of 14 nationalities for a course in Lyon. Notable alumni of the programme include Lebanese chef Tara Khattar. Death Bocuse died of Parkinson's disease on 20 January 2018 in Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or, in the same room above his restaurant, L'Auberge du Pont de Collonges, in which he was born in 1926. He was 91. Works Paul Bocuse's French Cooking, translated by Colette Rossant (Pantheon Books 1977) Bocuse a la Carte, translated by Colette Rossant (Pantheon Books 1987) See also Fernand Point References External links Official website 1926 births 2018 deaths Chefs from Lyon Deaths from Parkinson's disease People from Lyon Metropolis French restaurateurs Head chefs of Michelin starred restaurants Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Commandeurs of the Légion d'honneur Neurological disease deaths in France