Inaugural Butchering

Last week I was working in the kitchen when my boss came up to me with two whole unbutchered beef tenderloins and said, "Clean these and tie them up."

Not wanting to disappoint, I quickly agreed.

It wasn't until shortly after that, that I realized that I had never done this or been told how to do it. I had seen properly butchered tenderloins though so I knew what it needed to look like. I wanted to share my first work butchering a tenderloin.

This is what I started with...



...and this is how it ended up (complete with tips).