Professional Cooking Merits The Proper Chef Clothing8121765

The dressing code for chefs is always a vital part of his or her portrayal of professional ethics. To understand why the code on chef clothing  is so important, you will have to look at each item worn by a chef. The most popular symbol for people with culinary skills is the hat. They use it as a way to set them apart in their profession. Both those who are still learning the skills and those with mastery of the skills are expected to wear the hat when in the kitchen. The common color for the hat is white and can have pleats or without. A chef hat could also come in black, but only on rare occasions, and often given only to honorary cooks.

There is also the necktie, also white. The tie is commonly a big cloth made in a triangle shape, which they fold and tie loosely around their neck. How they use their necktie and hat will indicate whether they are master chefs or apprentices. The main chef would be the one wearing the tall chef hat, along with the necktie. The apprentice, however, would be without a necktie, and he would be wearing the smaller chef cap.

The chef coat, despite being mainly a protective piece of clothing, is also a symbol of their profession. It should also be worn in the kitchen at all times. The chef coat has long sleeves and a row of buttons that could either be black or white. It comes in white cloth that is heavy but still breathable. There are always boiling pots and sizzling pans in a busy kitchen. The chef coat is long-sleeved in order to protect the chef's arms from being splashed with oil or water from the boiling pots. The sleeves should be kept straight. Do not roll them because that is deemed to be inappropriate.

The chef would also have to wear an apron and torchon from the waist down. They are meant to be a matching pair. As a protective cloth, the apron will be wrapped around the waist with its top part folded. It drops at length long the front of the legs and is always knee-long and white in color with a two pockets. The torchon, on the other hand, is essentially a kitchen towel. It ideally is used to handle hot utensils when serving dishes, and to wipe of any spillage on the utensils before the food leaves the kitchen.

To wrap the whole thing up, the chef should also wear the appropriate pair of slacks and shoes. Ideally, the slacks should be made from a fabric with fine black-and-white or blue-and-white checked print. If patterns are not really preferred, a plain black or dark blue pair of trousers is also a good choice. Any other color or pattern or design would be frowned upon. At the feet should be the right type of kitchen shoes that are slip-ons, water and oil resistant and with a sole that is resistant to slipping.

The final chapter in the chef clothing code will be personal grooming, which limits what is to be worn in the kitchen, hair should be well kempt and under the chef hat. He should clip his nails and keep them short always. Avoid wearing too much makeup or, if possible, do not wear any makeup at all.