The traditional tall white chef’s hat, or “toque blanche," as the French refer to it, has been a mainstay of dining establishments for centuries. Many will recognize it for its distinctive height, ...

What's A Chef's Hat Called? The iconic chef's hat is called a toque blanche (French for “white hat”). A toque can refer to any hat with no brim, or a very narrow one. There are many theories about its ...

HAVE you ever noticed how tall and pleated a chef's hat is, but never truly wondered why? It may appear to be just a part of the uniform, but some chefs have claimed that there is a remarkable ...

Patrick O’Connell, chef-owner of The Inn at Little Washington, Va., finds he is helpless without his toque blanche. “I can’t cook a thing without it on,” he said. But to Jean-Louis Palladin of ...

Mark Webster started his career as a cook in the Navy, which might be one reason he barely hunches over when maneuvering his lean, 6-foot, 3-inch frame — plus white toque — under the gleaming ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bakers wearing tall white chef hats. - anon_tae/Shutterstock The thing about chef hats is, if you knew nothing else about them, ...