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Does anybody know the correct term for those hats that Chefs wear? Or are they just called Chef's hats?
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Your best bet at AW is probably WerenCole.
I seem to remember hearing them called toques, though.
I seem to remember hearing them called toques, though.
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That's amazing! I've just looked up toques. How on earth did you know that? I've never heard the word. I think now I'll put it in my play, and people will think I'm very clever indeed.poetinahat said:I seem to remember hearing them called toques, though.
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Hey, with a name like mine, I'd better know *something* about hats!
(It might've been from reading Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential -- an enjoyable book.)
(It might've been from reading Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential -- an enjoyable book.)
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You can buy a toque at many kitchen stores in shopping malls, starting under ten dollars.
Maryn, whose son was the Pillsbury Dough Boy one Halloween
Maryn, whose son was the Pillsbury Dough Boy one Halloween
Ha! And I thought a toque was just a woolly hat beloved of Canadians. Just goes to show. I'm not sure I'd refer to a chef's hat as a toque. I'd keep thinking of that bloke in the Monkees--Mike Nesmith.
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Michael Nesmith of the Monkees (yes, the guy whose mother invented Wite-Out) wore what most people call a watch cap, which is apparently similar to the tuque in Canada. The term seems to have crossed the border south as toque (although I live in cold country where I can see Canada on a clear day, and I've never heard it).Sandi LeFaucheur said:
The difference between a tuque/toque and a watch cap seems to be that the tuque/toque is worn so the top is not stretched over or flush with the head but sticks out or up--kind of like a chef's toque. I think I'm seeing connections here.
To make sure your reader doesn't envision a knit cap, you could refer to a chef's toque one time, a tall white toque another, a character's pleated white toque another. Your reader will learn.
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