Students Compete in Junior-Senior Beef Cookoff
 Beef, it’s what’s for dinner, and it was at the center of a head-to-head cooking competition for the best student chefs across the state.
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Several dozen students from all across Alabama who won local cooking competitions came to Montgomery today to compete in the Alabama Cattlemen Association’s Junior-Senior Beef Cookoff.
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At the end of the day, Joel Dobbins of Etowah County took home the title “Best of Beef.”
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“Food always helps people feel good. Everybody’s hungry all the time. Everybody likes to eat. So I like to make people feel good about themselves, let people have a sense of enjoyment and see a smile on someone’s face,” said Dobbins.
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Dobbins took home a $350 prize, with his teacher also claiming $100. The payout came courtesy of Alabama’s Beef Checkoff program.
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Organizers say these student chefs really get a chance to shine during the competition.
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“There is so much creativity and time and preparation put into preparing the dish, making it look nice. It really makes it look like a culinary masterpiece, as I like to call it, for beef,” said Erin Beasley, Director of Consumer Marketing for the Alabama Cattleman’s Association.
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Alabama News Network’s own Jeff Sanders and Glenn Halbrooks served as judges for the event.Â
