Executive Education
Faire défiler la pageProfessional training: career change, skills development and corporate training
Since 2001, Institut Lyfe Executive Education (formerly the Institut Paul Bocuse Continuing Education Centre) has welcomed more than 500 adults and professionals each year, both French and international, looking to develop new skills or discover an entirely new way of life.
Backed by the expertise and ecosystem of Institut Lyfe, we offer personalized training programs led by leading chefs and experts. Thanks to hands-on, real-world training situations and unrivalled facilities, our learners experience an immersive, human-centered journey that combines excellence, innovation and the transmission of authentic hospitality and culinary know-how.
Our Qualiopi and H+ certifications attest to our commitment to teaching quality and customer satisfaction.
Working closely with our Research Centre, we also support companies with their training, R&D, innovation and consulting needs.
Our areas of expertise in continuing education for adults
Career change: a passion, a new profession, a new life.
Changing career and life direction isn’t just about learning a new trade. It’s about immersing yourself in a new world, aligning with your values, and building a future that makes sense. Our certifying, intensive and career-focused training programs allow you to quickly train for a new profession.
Our continuing education center supports adults who wish to retrain for careers in hospitality, food service, culinary arts and pastry, including those with an entrepreneurial project, through CPF-eligible training programs lasting 8 to 16 weeks in:
- Cooking / Gastronomy
- Pastry / Bakery
Your entrepreneurial ambition deserves excellence. Together, let’s give it the means to succeed.
Choosing Institut Lyfe Executive Education for your career change means joining a human-scale school of excellence, at the heart of French gastronomy’s birthplace, where tradition meets innovation: Lyon. We offer a holistic approach to hospitality careers: mastery of skills and techniques, professional demeanor, service culture and management.
Skills development programs: excellence is cultivated every day
Are you already working as a chef, artisan, hotelier or manager? Our short skills development courses allow you to keep building your expertise. Refine your technique, explore new trends, or strengthen your leadership presence. Through numerous targeted modules — from event catering and plant-based pastry to digital marketing strategy for restaurants, team loyalty, and wine sales — delivered by our renowned chefs and experts, you gain access to new expertise, exceptional teaching, and time to step back and reinvent your practice.
Lasting from 1 to 5 days, our courses cover every segment of the industry: Cooking, Pastry, Bakery, Sommellerie, Management & Operations, Regulations, Service and Food Service. The knowledge and techniques acquired are directly applicable to your profession and business.
Custom training for businesses: unlocking your teams’ potential
We support hospitality groups, hotel chains, hotels and restaurants with their HR challenges around skills development and strategy: tailor-made training, consulting, culinary innovation, and more. Through custom programs built together with you, aligned with your corporate culture, we design training that reflects your identity and serves your ambitions. We offer both intra- and inter-company programs, combining personalization and openness to address each organization’s specific needs.
Leading brands already trust us — Marriott, Panzani, Accor, Réseau Oméris, Groupe Altitude, CNOUS, BMW, Sun Resort… — to train, retain and grow their talent.