Here’s the Surprising Reason Chef Hats Are So Tall

Here’s the Surprising Reason Chef Hats Are So Tall

I worked in restaurants for more than a decade, and if there’s one thing you learn quickly, it’s how to spot who’s doing what. The hosts are usually the best-dressed. The servers all wear black and move like caffeinated gazelles. And the chefs? They’ve got the most iconic uniform in the building: baggy checkered pants, clogs, a gleaming knife they treat like a newborn and—of course—the chef’s hat. That towering toque is so iconic, it’s how you k…