Chef Designs Standard Bib Apron

A full bib apron, 30 by 33 inches, on tubular braid ties that are round rather than flat and long enough to bring round and knot at the front. The cloth carries a soil-release finish, so grease sits on the weave and lifts in a hot wash instead of setting into it. Deliberately plain: no pocket at chest height, which on a line apron fills with whatever you are cooking.

White, black, navy and red, one size, and the cheapest way there is to keep the coat underneath clean. Kitchens buy these in threes and fours against a laundry cycle rather than one each. One buyer had a side seam let go in the first wash, which is worth knowing before you order a dozen.

One of 4 on the aprons rail in the Chef Designs range. It also answers to aprons and hats. A size code describes the garment rather than the cook in it, and the way we keep the figures current is set out on how we update the catalogue.