| This article provides useful, detailed information about | | | | cooks, chefs, and others involved in the kitchen work |
| Chef Hat History. | | | | are supposed to wear them without fail - taking |
| Chef hats have a history that can be traced as far as | | | | hygiene into account more than anything else. |
| the beginning of the centuries. Although the real origin is | | | | History indicates toque to have been worn by both |
| not really known, it does go back a long way. It is a | | | | men and women as a head covering while cooking. |
| popular belief that the chefs in the courts of Iran and | | | | French, Italian, Spanish, German and other countries |
| the nearby nations wore the chef hats even in the B.C. | | | | adopted a unique style by the early 16th century. |
| times, although for reasons that might be different | | | | Although the basic usage remained the same, to cover |
| from now. However, the shape and sizes must have | | | | the head to avoid any stray hairs from falling into the |
| considerably undergone some drastic changes since | | | | dish being prepared, unique styles had come into |
| then. Even with all the noticeable changes, the chef hat | | | | vogue and were very distinguishable from one another. |
| is still being worn by all the chefs and cooks worldwide | | | | They were also named different in different languages, |
| to avoid stray hair from falling into the dish being | | | | although they are all popular currently as the chef\'s |
| prepared allowing contamination of the dish. | | | | hats. |
| Tradition indicates that the number of pleats on the | | | | Starched cloth and wool chef hats came into picture in |
| headdress indicates the experience of the chef. Of | | | | the early 17th century in many countries. These are still |
| course, this means the head chef, who is the one with | | | | popular as along with keeping the hair in place, they |
| the maximum experience gets to wear a hat with a | | | | also absorb the heat and sweat caused due to the |
| hundred pleats. Although a hundred pleats are not | | | | heat in the kitchens. Early 19th century saw a |
| found on a head chef\'s hat these days, these hats do | | | | revolution in the chef\'s hats. Chefs dealing with various |
| contain the most number of pleats still. The number of | | | | food preparations ended up putting on different caps |
| pleats also indicates the number of ways the chef can | | | | to be distinguished in their areas of specializations. |
| prepare a dish as so any head chef worthy of the title | | | | Even with all the advancements in the history of chef |
| must be allowed to wear a head chef hat in honor of | | | | hats, they still distinguish the chefs and the cooks even |
| the knowledge possessed. | | | | when they are currently made from paper and fiber |
| A chef\'s hat worn these days is mostly a covering | | | | instead of cloth. Cooks and chefs all over the world |
| for the head than to depict any other symbolism. They | | | | wear these hats regardless of the history and the |
| also come in different sizes, heights and shapes | | | | tradition, which resulted in evolution of the chef hats. |
| depending on who would be wearing them. All the | | | | |