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ChateaubriandvsLomo

beef · Close equivalent

Same anatomical cut (tenderloin); Chateaubriand is the specifically French preparation of the thick centre section.

Translation takeaway

These are near equivalents in the way butchers and cooks use them. If you can source either one, you're very close to the same result.

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Raw Chateaubriand — Beef Tenderloin cut
Chateaubriand
Beef · Tenderloin

The thick centre cut of the beef tenderloin, traditionally cut from a section large enough to serve two. Pan-seared then finished in the oven, served sliced with sauce béarnaise…

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Filet mignon steaks — the same tenderloin, cut as steaks

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Raw Lomo — Beef Tenderloin cut
Lomo
Beef · Tenderloin

The tenderloin is the least-worked muscle on the animal, running along the inside of the spine, which makes it extraordinarily tender with a fine, buttery texture. It is lean with …

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Filet mignon steaks — cut from the same tenderloin as lomo

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Names by country

CountryChateaubriandLomo
🇺🇸United StatesChateaubriandTenderloin
🇬🇧United KingdomChateaubriandFillet
🇫🇷FranceChateaubriandFilet
🇪🇸SpainChateaubriandSolomillo
🇦🇷ArgentinaChateaubriandLomo
🇲🇽MexicoChateaubriandFilete
🇵🇹PortugalChateaubriandLombinho
🇧🇷BrazilChateaubriandFilé mignon
🇮🇹ItalyChateaubriandFiletto
🇩🇪GermanyChateaubriandRinderfilet

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