True Beef: From Pasture to Plate (2014)

Follow us throughout Texas, as the Connally High School Culinary Arts team visits each phase of the Texas Beef Industry, culminating in historical and prescient cooking methods for this valued protein. Starting with Texas ranches and stockyards, continuing with livestock shows and feed lots, the students will start to form an idea of where their beef originates. We will learn the art of butchery along with current cooking trends in leading restaurants across Texas. Finally, the aspiring chefs will delve deep into technique in the Connally High School kitchen classroom. Highlight and follow Connally High School students as they explore the full cycle of Texas Beef. Interacting with industry professionals, ranchers, agricultural schools, butchers and chefs, the students and you will learn the processes of the agricultural and culinary arts industries. Most importantly, our overarching objective is to create a film that can be used to educate other culinary students around the nation, along with entertaining all people interested in children following their dreams.