During recent times we have seen a surge in the interest of people for culinary arts. We just have to see the number of training schools that have opened their doors to understand that there is an interest in this art. Unlike popular belief there is a lot of different professions that exist within the culinary arts world. Among the professions that are well known is the cooks and the chefs. However, we have also some indirect professions that are related to culinary arts. In this section, we have food stylists, food critics and photographers. If you want to learn more on the culinary arts, this French article 'art culinaire' should interest you. See also: Restaurant gastronomique and Gastronomie et art culinaire