Why do chefs wear white top hats? Where does its tradition come from?

In the restaurant, every chef wears a white top hat. Wearing this hat gives people a clean and hygienic feeling. This hat can prevent the chef's hair from falling on the plate when cooking. At the same time, the temperature in the kitchen is relatively high, because this kind of hat has a lot of space and can also prevent the chef from getting too hot. However, from the point of view of hygiene, the chef wears a white top hat for the first time, but it is regarded as a symbol.

In the Middle Ages, a war broke out in Greece. The invaders killed everyone, but the monks were not killed. Because monasteries are sacred and inviolable, people take refuge in monasteries one after another. On one occasion, several famous chefs fled to the monastery. To be on the safe side, they also put on Taoist black hats. Chefs eat and live with monks and cook for them every day. Over time, in order to distinguish themselves from real monks, they changed their black hats into white high hats.

After the war subsided, the chefs returned to their dining room, but they still liked to work in the kitchen wearing white hats. Because they are all famous chefs, chefs from other places began to follow suit and put on this white top hat one after another. As time goes by, wearing a white top hat has become a symbol of a chef.

There are some interesting stories about the origin of chefs in white hats. It is said that more than 2 years ago, there was a famous French chef named Andre Van Cramer.

Andrew is cheerful, humorous and enterprising. One night, he saw a customer wearing a white top hat in a restaurant, which attracted everyone's attention in the restaurant and imitated and customized a white top hat for himself. After that, he put on this white top hat and went in and out between the kitchen and the hall, which really attracted the attention of all customers. Many people feel fresh and curious and patronize this restaurant one after another, which makes the business of this restaurant more and more prosperous.

Later, the owners of many restaurants in Paris realized the attraction of white hats and customized the same ones for their chefs. As time went on, the white top hat became the symbol of the chef.

more interesting is the height of this white hat. It is said that the relevant departments have also formulated standards for wearing hats. According to the chef's technical level and the chef's service years, the height of the hat worn by the chef is specified respectively, so that when people look at the hat, they can know that the higher the cooking level, the higher the skill.

there was once an international organization of chefs' hats, and its headquarters was located in the birthplace of chefs' high hats? Paris, France.