Connally High School culinary program

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

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Parkside chef Shawn Cirkiel, left, visits with Pflugerville superintendent Charles Dupre, right.

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Parkside chef Shawn Cirkiel, left, visits with Pflugerville superintendent Charles Dupre, right.

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Parkside Chefs Steven Cak, left, Shawn Cirkiel, center and Michael Dei Maggi, right, help culinary student Tre Williams, 18, far left, prepare an entree sample plate.

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Parkside Chef Shawn Cirkiel, center, and Chef Michael Dei Maggi, right, help Connally culinary student, Jaleun Foster, 17, cook fritters.

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Culinary students Jaleun Foster, 17, left, Tre Williams, 18, assist Kareem Herring, 17, right, prepare a salad as Parkside chef Michael Dei Maggie, far left, looks on.

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Pastry Chef Steven Cak, center, works with culinary students Briana Bracey, 17, left, and Shelli Kilchenstein, 18, right, as they prepare desert.

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Culinary students from Connally high school Ryan Johnson, 18, left, and Tre Williams, 18, right, scramble to get out the last two plates of the entree during dinner.

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Parkside Chefs Steven Cak, left, Shawn Cirkiel, center and Michael Dei Maggi, right, help culinary student Tre Williams, 18, far left, prepare an entree sample plate.

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Parkside chef Michael Dei Maggie, far left, helps culinary students Jaleun Foster, 17, right, prepare an appetizer dish for dinner.

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Chef Michael Dei Maggi, coaches culinary students from Connally high school Ryan Johnson, center, and Tre Williams, 18, right, as they begin to prepare the entree.

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Culinary students from Connally high school Cristina Corales, 16, left, and Tre Williams, 18, right, scramble to get out the last two plates of the entree during dinner.

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Pastry Chef Steven Cak, offers a sample of the desert to Connally high school culinary students Jovaun Young, 16, center, Shelli Kilchenstein, 18, right, and De Mya Young, 10, far left, as they prepare dinner.

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Culinary teacher and Chef, Mike Erickson takes a picture of his culinary students preparing dinner.

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Course 1, bacon, corn salsify fritters, sauce ravigote.

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Course 2, roasted beet salad, cucumber yogurt, garam masala, papadum, candied fennel.

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Course 3, butter roasted farm chicken, aligot potatoes, cippollini onions, trunips, carrots, foraged mushrooms, red wine sauce.

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Course 4, chocolate doughnuts, kabocha squash cream, candied pecans, chocolate paint, brown butter.

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