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Chef Designs aprons

A full bib apron on tubular braid ties with a soil-release finish, a premium short bib with a three-section pocket and an adjustable neck strap, a waist apron with squared corners, and a cobbler that pulls over the head, in white, black, navy, red and royal blue.

  • 4 lines
  • 8 colourways
  • M to L and 28x24 size run

Chef Designs apron

An apron is the only thing in this range you buy several of on purpose. The Food Code asks a food employee to wear clean outer clothing, and in a working kitchen that means the apron changes when the coat cannot. Pick the shape by what you do: a full bib covers from the collarbone down and is what a line cook or a butcher wants; a short bib stops at the hip and carries a three-section pocket for a thermometer, a pen and a docket, so it is the pass and the counter apron; a waist apron with squared corners is the bartender and front-of-house one and ties over anything; a cobbler pulls over the head and covers the front and back at once, which is what makes it the housekeeping and prep choice. The bib apron carries a soil-release finish, which is a construction detail with a plain effect: grease lifts in a hot wash instead of setting into the weave.

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Prices are the figures from our last update; the Chef Designs rule updates them on a schedule, and the figure at the till is the one that counts.

03Before you order

Questions about Chef Designs aprons

Bib against waist against cobbler, what a soil-release finish does, and how many aprons a shift really takes.

Which Chef Designs apron shape does your station need?

A full bib if you work a line or break down meat, because it covers from the collarbone down. A short bib at a pass or a counter, where the three-section pocket takes a thermometer, a pen and a docket. A waist apron behind a bar, tied over whatever you are wearing. A cobbler if you need the back covered as well as the front.

What does the soil-release finish on a Chef Designs bib apron do?

It keeps grease sitting on top of the weave rather than soaking into it, so a hot wash lifts the mark instead of setting it. It is a finish on the cloth, not a coating you can see, and it does nothing about a burn or a cut.

How do the ties on a Chef Designs apron hold up?

The bib apron uses tubular braid ties, which are round rather than flat and are the part of an apron that usually fails first; the short bib and the cobbler use an adjustable strap with a buckle at the neck instead. Ties are long enough to bring round and knot at the front, which is how most cooks wear them.

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