Welcome to the online home of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association's Culinary Center

What is the Beef and Veal Culinary Center?

The Beef and Veal Culinary Center, funded by the Beef Checkoff, was created to help maximize the appeal of beef and veal products. Whether beef appears in a retail convenience product or a white tablecloth restaurant meal, consumers expect it to taste great. But so many variables can affect the quality of a beef eating experience. The Culinary Center serves as a resource for processors, operators and retailers to assist in putting the best tasting beef on American tables.

The Culinary Center features a team of trained chefs and home economists and is housed in state-of-the-art test kitchens. The test kitchens include those that mirror typical at-home kitchens and one full foodservice kitchen.

The professionals at the Culinary Center continually watch food trends so they can advise manufacturers, operators and retailers on how to best showcase beef. They use this knowledge to conduct cookery research, develop recipes, and test new products that are relevant to today’s beef users.

Culinary Center Services

  • Applied cookery research
  • Recipe development
  • Product evaluation
  • Competitive product reviews
  • Recipe/product judging
  • Issues support
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