note about various parts of kitchen uniform and its importance for culinary professional

1. KITCHEN UNIFORM
IMPORTANCE OF UNIFROM
 One of the most important aspect of organization
 The main Function of the uniform is to look a person like his Profession.
 Uniform Gives you an identity, it makes a chef looks like a chef.
 It shows the unity and hence creates a team work among the all employees.
By – Prof. HARSHAL KAMBLE
Asst. Professor, AJMVPS Institute of Hotel Management & Catering Technology Ahmednagar

2. Parts of Kitchen Uniforms
A chef Uniformor kitchen uniform consist of the following parts;
 A Chef Coat or Chef’s Jacket
 A Chef Pant or Trouser
 A Chef Cap
 A Scarf
 An Apron
 Shoes
 Kitchen Dusters

3. Chef Coat or Chef’s Jacket
 A typical chef coat is also known as VEST BLANC in French.
 It is made out of thick white cotton fabric.
 It is one of the most important part of chef uniform
 The main function of the chef coat is to prevent or protect the chef from
the heat of the cooking ranges.
 The coat is always double coated so that it will avoid any chances of
burns and injuries to chef.

4. Chef Pant or Trouser
 A chef pant or trouser is either Black or Checkered in colour depending
upon the position
 The checkered pants are designed such to cover-up spills or to hide the
dirt.
 These are also made of thick cotton fabric, to protect the chef from the
heat.

5. Chef Cap
 One of the most important part of chef uniform.
 The main purpose of this cap is to prevent hair fall in the food.
 It is also designed to absorb the sweat generated while working in
kitchen
 It is also wear to add royalty to the person working as chef

6. Chef Scarf
 A chef scarf is usually worn around the neck area of the chef and which
are knotted in the front.
 These are traditionally designed to absorb the perspiration and sweat
around your neck area.
 Now a days these are also used to indicate the levels of chef in the
organization by different colour codes.

7. Chef’s Apron
 It is usually made of thick cotton fabric and is worn around the waist
area of the chef.
 The apron should reach below the knees to protect the chef form heat
and hot liquids.
 It also prevents your uniform from getting dirty.

8. Shoes
 It is mandatory for all kitchen professionals to wear shoes while working
in the kitchen.
 It should be black and non slippery.
 It prevents or protects your foot from getting heart by any hot liquids or
may be from falling equipment's.

9. Kitchen Dusters
 These are not considered as the part of uniform, but they are very
important for a chef to work properly.
 These are thick cotton material clothes which are used by chefs while
working in the kitchens.
 Mainly for wiping equipment’s, tables, utensils, food commodities, etc.

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