What Is The Importance Of A Chef’s Uniform?

Have you ever wondered why cooks wear a particular uniform? While the traditional white chef’s uniforms do promote a sense of professionalism that restaurant owners like to see, each item actually has a specific purpose in mind.

The white jacket is one of the most common items of a chef’s uniform that you will come across. It is double breasted, which allows for reversing if the front becomes too stained or if the chef is going out into the main restaurant area. It is also made out of cotton, which helps the chef’s body to breathe and to be insulated from the heat in the kitchen.

The pants of a chef’s uniform have traditionally been covered with a black and white checkered pattern. This pattern is important, as it is able to hide small stains. These days, the pants of the uniform are generally worn baggy, as this allows the chef easier movement and also enables their skin to breathe.

That hat worn as a part of a chef’s uniform is called a toque blanche, or just a toque for short. Traditionally, the height of the toque symbolized the rank of a chef in the kitchen, but these days it is more for aesthetic appeal. The main purpose of the hat in the uniform, however, is to stop hair from falling into the food during cooking.

Chefs wear aprons as they provide an extra barrier between their uniforms and any spills that may occur. It is easy to remove a soiled apron if a chef is required to enter the main restaurant area, leaving their uniform as pristine as possible. Aprons are generally tied in the front of the waist because this allows quick removal if the material should happen to catch on fire.

The growth of the hospitality industry has led to changes in the design of some chef uniforms – there are now items of varying colour and pattern on the market that can happily be worn along side the traditional white.

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What Is Kitchenware?

If you have never really spent any time in the kitchen before, you may not be quite sure what people mean when they refer to “kitchenware”. Basically, it includes anything that is used in the kitchen for cooking or serving food. You can split kitchenware into four categories – utensils, cooking, serving, and specialty items.

                                   Utensils

Kitchenware utensils are described as the tools that we use to eat and to help us cook food. This includes items such as knives, forks, spoons, spatulas, whisks and so on.

Cooking

Items of kitchenware that are used for cooking include those that act as a sort of medium between heat or cold and our food. Cooking kitchenware can be made out of almost anything, from stone (in the case of pizza cooking), to glass and ceramic (in the case of various bakeware), to metal (in the case of pots and pans).

Serving

Kitchenware items that are used for serving are described as anything that food is transferred to after cooking is complete. Quite often this is done for presentation, but more commonly it is done for ease of consumption. Serving kitchenware ranges from large platters designed to hold food for people to share, to plates and bowls that will hold a single portion.

Specialty

These kitchenware items include anything that is designed to make the job of cooking easier, and are quite often electrical appliances. There are a range of kitchenware tools that slice, grind and dice food without us having to manually do it with a knife, like a garlic press, for example, that turns garlic into mince with just a squeeze.

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What Is Barware?

If you’re not a bartender or have never worked in a place that has a bar before, you may not be quite sure what the term “barware” refers to. Basically, it includes anything that is needed to prepare and serve alcoholic drinks. Barware can be split into two sections – glasses and accessories:

Glasses

Barware glasses are generally very different to the glasses used every day in the home. Each has been designed for a specific purpose and is better suited to particular kinds of drinks.

Barware glasses for red and white wine, champagne and cocktails are designed with a long stem as these drinks should remain chilled or at a cool temperature for as long as possible during consumption. The stem allows people to hold the glass without warming the wine with their fingers and hands.

Short and tall tumblers, when used for barware and not day-to-day use, are perfect for straight alcohol and mixed drinks that are served with ice. This prevents the glass from becoming overcrowded and allows the drink to cool faster. Shot glasses are only found in barware and are used for a small concentrated serve ice of alcohol without ice.

Mugs are the barware glass of choice for beer as they are available in a frosted variety, which is perfect for keeping the beer cold for longer.

Accessories

A mixing spoon is used to measure ingredients for various drinks and to mix them together. A cocktail shaker is a very common barware tool for mixing drinks – the cylinder is filled with the required ingredients, the cap is replaced and the whole container is shaken. In barware, a strainer is generally used over the opening of a cocktail shaker to keep ice and fruit out.

Bottle stoppers and pourers are also common barware tools and are often used to replace the lids of various bottles of alcohol. Pourers are essential barware equipment as many are designed to release a premeasured amount of alcohol each time it is tipped up, making a bartender’s job much easier.

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