It is said that more than 200 years ago, there was a famous chef in France named Andre van Clem. He was the senior chef of a famous restaurant in Paris in the 18th century. Andefan has a cheerful and fun personality, is very humorous, and loves to show off. One night, he saw a customer in the restaurant wearing a high white hat. The style was novel and unique, which attracted the attention of everyone in the restaurant, so he deliberately imitated it and immediately customized a high white hat, which was taller than that customer's. Much higher. Wearing this white tall hat, he looked very proud and walked in and out of the kitchen, attracting the attention of all the customers. Many people felt new and curious and came to patronize this restaurant. This effect actually became a sensational news, making the restaurant's business more and more prosperous. Later, many restaurant owners in Paris noticed the appeal of this white hat and customized similar white hats for their chefs.
Over time, this white hat has become a symbol and symbol of chefs. It has evolved to this day, and almost chefs all over the world wear this white hat. The white high hat has become a work hat for chefs to maintain food hygiene.
Chefs from all over the world may wear different uniforms when working, but the hats they wear are the same. They are all white high hats. Wearing such hats is conducive to hygiene and can avoid the chef's hair. , dandruff falls into the dish. However, the first chef to wear such a hat did not do it for hygiene reasons, but as a symbol.
Now, almost all chefs around the world wear this hat. Chefs distinguish their technical level by the height of the work hat they wear. The more experienced and higher-level the chef, the higher the height of the hat. It can be divided into chief chef hat, chef hat and kitchen worker hat. The number of hat pleats is also particular and is proportional to the height of the hat. Chef hats are generally about 29.5 cm tall. Executive chefs and chefs wear this hat. A chef's hat is basically the same as a chef's hat except it is much lower in height and has fewer pleats. A hat generally worn by chefs. Kitchen hats have basically no height and fewer pleats. Hat worn by kitchen workers. The more wrinkles on a chef's hat, the higher the rank. What a chef wears is called a kitchen towel, not a tie. Its color is different with different levels. Generally, head chefs wear red; supervisors wear black; ordinary employees wear white. Because of different management models, the colors of individual hotels also vary! In some places, kitchen towels are called triangle towels, which are generally worn by Western chefs. In the 1990s, they were usually white. Now some hotels use them to distinguish between levels and departments. Colors vary from hotel to hotel. Take the Shangri-La Hotel for example. Their highest-level triangle scarves are white, while those for apprentices are of various colors (to distinguish between departments); the highest-level head chef at the Holiday Inn wears them. It is black, and the department chef is white. The purpose of the triangle towel is to cover the chef's neck to prevent dirty things from being seen by the guests. There is also an interesting story about a triangle towel that a foreigner told me. It said that when a chef wants to sneeze, he can use the triangle towel to cover it to avoid embarrassment. A more professional saying is that when there is a fire, the chef can escape by tearing off the triangle towel, soaking it and covering his mouth.