High school students from seven schools across the state competed in the CT ProStart Invitational, a statewide culinary and restaurant management competition at.
The Blackman High culinary program was one of a dozen schools throughout Middle Tennessee to receive in upwards of 300 of the 4,000 chef jackets donated by Cracker Barrel.Blackman instructor Frank Pinnix participated in a meeting with several other high school culinary educators — Lebanon, Wilson Central, Mt. Juliet, Green Hills, Cookeville, Memphis, Canon County and Knox County among them — that led to the Lebanon-based Cracker Barrel offering the donation.The chef jackets are short .