Chef’s Hat

Chef's uniform

The traditional chef's uniform includes a toque blanche, white double-breasted jacket, pants in a black-and-white houndstooth pattern, and apron. It is a common occupational uniform in the Western world. The chef's buttons also have a meaning: while qualified chefs wear black buttons, students wear white buttons.

Hat

A hat is a head covering which is worn for various reasons, including protection against weather conditions, ceremonial reasons such as university graduation, religious reasons, comedy, safety, or as a fashion accessory. Hats which incorporate mechanical features, such as visors, spikes, flaps, braces or beer holders shade into the broader category of headgear.

Chef

A chef is a professional cook and tradesperson who is proficient in many aspects of food preparation, often focusing on a particular cuisine. The word "chef" is derived from the term chef de cuisine, the director or head of a kitchen. Chefs can receive formal training from an institution, as well as by apprenticing with an experienced chef.

chef

Noun

1. The presiding cook in the kitchen of a large household.
2. The head cook of a restaurant or other establishment.

Verb

1. To work as a chef; to prepare and cook food professionally.
2. To stab with a knife, to shank.

hat

Symbol

1. ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Haitian Creole.

Noun

1. A covering for the head, often in the approximate form of a cone, dome or cylinder closed at its top end, and sometimes having a brim and other decoration.
2. A particular role or capacity that a person might fill.