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Chef Designs Black Chef Coats

The coats cut in black: a ten pearl button front and a spun polyester coat chosen so the black stays black through a laundry that would grey a cotton one.

  • 4 lines
  • 2 colourways
  • XS to 5XL size run
  • $30.60 to $36.89

Colourways on this page: Black, White with black trim.

Black is bought for the room rather than the shift. A kitchen that can be seen from the tables tends to put its cooks in black because a splash reads as shadow rather than as a stain, and because a black coat against a white apron is the look most open kitchens have settled on. The cost is heat: a dark coat under service lights holds more of it, which is why the black coats here are cut from spun polyester rather than the twill the whites use.

Spun polyester is chosen for one property in particular: it holds a dye far better than a cotton-rich cloth under commercial laundry chemistry, so the coat stays black instead of drifting toward charcoal in a season. It is a smoother-faced cloth than the twill, so it takes a press well, and it is the reason the black coats sit at the top of the price range on this shelf. The fronts are the same as the whites -- double-breasted, ten pearl buttons, stand-up collar -- and the run goes from XS to 5XL.

Every colourway here is priced on its own; the Chef Designs uniform range keeps the figures current and the till is what decides.

02About these pieces

Questions about Chef Designs Black Chef Coats

When the pass is on show

Why are Chef Designs black coats made of spun polyester?

Because black is the colour that fades first. A spun polyester holds its dye under the bleach and temperature of a commercial wash better than a cotton-rich twill, so the coat still matches the rest of the rack after a season.

Is a black Chef Designs coat hotter to work in?

Under service lights, yes, a little: a dark cloth absorbs more of what is thrown at it. Kitchens that run black usually do it front of house or on a pass rather than at a flat top for that reason.

Do the Chef Designs black coats come in the same sizes as the whites?

The black ten pearl button coat and the black spun poly coat both run XS to 5XL, the same as the white coats. The tall run belongs to the white eight-pearl line.

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