The red chef coat, accompanied by a black chef hat and a short black apron, has been worn by AFC sushi chefs in the Publix supermarket’s Greenwise Stores since 2009. This jacket is purchased through ...

The more formalized version of the toque emerged in France in the 1800s. Marie-Antoine Careme, often referred to as the first celebrity chef, is credited with popularizing the tall white hat.

History And Origins Of Toques: How Chefs Started Wearing Long White Hats. There are several theories about the origin of chef hats. Some trace them back to ancient Assyria or later Byzantine Greece.

Images of chef’s outfits from the late 1800s show what looks like a toque, but the height of the hats became shorter with each decade. “ The Chef’s Uniform ," another journal article, dove ...

From left, Chef Thierry Rautureau, Chef Rick Bayless, and guest attend the 2015 James Beard Foundation Awards welcome reception hosted at Soho House Chicago on May 3, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois.

SEATTLE — Thierry Rautureau, known worldwide as the Chef in Hat, has died at the age of 64. Rautureau was the co-host of "Seattle Kitchen" with chef Tom Douglas on KIRO 97.3 FM from 2003 to ...

March Madness viewers have noticed the chef hats worn by the Clemson pep band members. Here's why they are wearing the toques. Skip to main content. You are the owner of this ...

Known in Seattle as ‘The Chef in the Hat,’ Rautureau also cohosted ‘Seattle Kitchen’ with chef Tom Douglas on the radio for seven years. He may best be known as a contestant on the second ...