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Why do chefs wear those pointy hats? Also, does anyone wear one when they're cooking at home?

>> No.15925655

i cook in my underwear at home

>> No.15925658

those hats aren't pointy

>> No.15925671

>>15925648
Traditional kitchens are very busy and have lots of people running around, so the headwear lets people know is the Chef and who are the others beneath him and above themselves in the chain of command. It helps to prevent a line cook, for example, from bothering the Chef when his problem can be solved by someone else.

I think they are stupid. the hats.

>> No.15925715

sometimes i wear my apron, helps me focus
but i dont wear the hat or jackets, my hat is more like a skull cap

>> No.15925741
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15925741

Why do americans wear those hats when flipping burgers?

>> No.15925749

>>15925671
It's a pretentious old school French thing that's all. Down to how many fucking folds were in the hat were taken into account.

>> No.15925788

>>15925749
I want a job with a cool hat

>> No.15925794

it's to remind them how many ways to cook an egg or someshit.

>> No.15925805

>>15925794
That's the amount of folds, the hat just means you're a chef.

>>15925788
Become a chef and wear one.

>> No.15925821

>>15925805
>That's the amount of folds
I assumed OP meant pleats when he said "pointy hats"

>> No.15925867

>>15925648
I only wear one at home when I have men over

>> No.15925903

>>15925648
1. Stop hair from falling in food
2. Ratatouille lives in the hat.

>> No.15926150

>>15925741
You can get one for free if you ask. I used to wear one when i was a kid and learning how to cook in my kitchen

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>>15925648
For me, it's the flop.

>> No.15926245

>>15925648
They are really trying hard to pretend there's a difference between chefs and cooks.

it's like those security guards you see wearing tactical vests with dozens of pockets but nothing in them because they're not allowed to carry weapons or handcuffs

>> No.15926254

>>15925648
I don't think you understand what "pointy" means.
>>15926245
There is a difference between chefs and cooks.

>> No.15926259
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>>15926254
let's get one thing through your pointy skull

there is NO DIFFERENCE between chefs and cooks

>> No.15926261

>>15926259
>cat posting on a dog board
Way to make it way too obvious that you've never stepped foot in a professional kitchen.

>> No.15926324

>>15926259
All chefs are cooks, not all cooks are chefs.

>> No.15926334

>>15926261
>>15926324
you're all a bunch of cunts desu

and not the good kind

>> No.15926340

>>15926259
Chef is French for chief. The chef is litteraly that, a chief. In large restaurants you will have multiple cooks and a single chef (really large ones can have a deputy chef). the chef orders the cooks around and often doesn't have time to do much cooking himself. In tiny restaurants the chef may be the only cook. In that case the chef is also the (only) cook.

>> No.15926369

>>15925671
The hat is supposed to be able to like... keep your head cool.

>> No.15926374

>>15926340
Oh you mean a boss, a totally seperate position that has nothing to do with cooking oh okay thanks for admitting I was right the whole time.

>> No.15926390

>>15926334
In a traditional French-style kitchen, the chef is the boss who makes menus, and bosses everyone around, barely doing any cooking at all.

In modern kitchens, it's a whole different story.

>> No.15926398

Why are chefs so obsessed with making people think they are in charge of the kitchen? Not enough participation ribbons as children?

>> No.15926427

>>15926374
>a totally seperate position that has nothing to do with cooking
Not sure if pretending to be retarded.

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>>15925658
>he doesn't wear his pointy chef hat
NGMI

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15926475

the only hat I wear is the tricorn
join me in the 1800's as I stew hard tack

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>>15926454
Mutts ruining their european heritage and history with their mongrel culture, what's new.

>> No.15926586

>>15925788
Train to be a napoleon

>> No.15926819

>>15925903
kek

>> No.15927438

>>15925648
I only see chefs at hotels wear these hats

>> No.15927454

>>15926259
dumbasses actually taking the bait

>> No.15927740

>>15926454
Love cooking the n-word in this hat. The 'n-word' meaning nutritional niggas.

>> No.15928204

>>15926398
Kitchen structure was based off of military command structure.

>> No.15928245

>>15926374
D for reading comprehension

>> No.15928268

+15 culinary skill
+5 rep in culinary guild
Not very aerodynamic, so no high-speed cooking :(((

>> No.15928600

>>15925648
They usually keep a weapon under the hat

>> No.15928614

>>15925648
they should wear wizard hats

>> No.15928637

>>15927438
They're strictly for customers to see. Any chef who doesn't have his head up his ass wears a normal hat like the rest of the cooks otherwise.

>> No.15928650

>>15925655
heisenberg detected

>> No.15928653

>>15928637
occasionally for my job I'll pass by the kitchen area in the basement of a large hospital and head and sous chefs wear pleated hats. more rarely I'll also go by/through hotel kitchens or fancy restaurant kitchens and occasionally they do the same albeit more rarely. these are areas no customer would ever see

>> No.15928685

Only the Saucier should wear a distinguishing hat. That's just my take on it. He's usually the HNIC and I want to see that hat if I have an issue.

>> No.15928990

>>15925648
Because chefs are part of a massive cult

>> No.15929017

>>15925648
Cone heads

>> No.15929102

baseball caps are where it's at

>> No.15929125

Uniforms are a psyop onto normies. It makes them act more like a professional and less like a slob when you are trying to get them to run your kitchen.

>> No.15929150

>>15925648
they dont
they only wear hats like that in the movies
in RL they have to wear hair nets to cover all the hair on their head as well as beard nets if they have a beard.

>> No.15929213

>>15929150
>in RL they have to wear hair nets to cover all the hair on their head as well as beard nets if they have a beard
Lol rarely, half the lower end of restaurants won't make you wear hats and I've never seen a beard net. Corporate makes you wear hats, independently owned places don't. For the record, I mean ballcaps, never worn a chef hat and I'm sous at an upscale Thai restaurant
t. 8 years industry

>> No.15929224

>>15929213
sounds like you live in an unregulated shithole with bad food/health/safety laws.
here, EVERYONE in the kitchen has to wear a hairnet and beardnet.
no exceptions.

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>>15925648
back in the middle ages they used to be wizards but when all dragons died wizards lost their job and had to move from their wizard caves to the kitchens, they kept their hats because makes them look taller.

>> No.15929245

>>15925788
become a pope

>> No.15929285

>>15929224
Lol good ol' US of A, everything's permitted if you look the other way

>> No.15929405

>>15929224
didn't know north korea could post here

>> No.15929426

>>15927740
kentucky fried niggas

>> No.15929453

>>15925741
They can put burgers in there to keep them warm

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>>15925648
Why are you shit-talking chef hats? Did a piece of one land in your meal or some shit?

>> No.15929680

If a pregnant lady needs to go weewee they have to offer their hats

>> No.15930004

>>15926233
Classic

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>>15928685
Is the saucier like the anesthesiologist of the kitchen?

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>>15925648
Where do you think the little mouse is gonna live?

>> No.15930062

>>15925648
>pointy
they have a flatt top, the exact opposite of pointy

>> No.15930333

The bigger your hat, the higher level they are.

>> No.15930369

Each chef has a custom made hat that makes them as tall as the tallest chef, who doesn't have to wear a hat. If a new chef joins a restaurant and is taller than the current tallest chef everyone gets pissed off at them because generally you pay for the hats yourself.

>> No.15930475

>>15926523
Why not stitch in a button or something to hold the hood instead of needing to use your hand for it?