Chef Designs hats and neckwear

A traditional pleated chef hat that adjusts at the back with hook-and-loop, a skull cap in medium and large, and a 40 by 20 inch neckerchief in an 80/20 poly-cotton, in white, black and royal blue.

3 lines
4 colourways
M to L and 40x20 size run

A hat in a kitchen is hair restraint before it is anything else, which is why it is on the order sheet at all and why it costs less than a tenth of the coat. The traditional pleated hat sits high and adjusts at the back with hook-and-loop, so one size covers the shift; the skull cap sits close, comes in medium and large, and is the one people who work near an extraction hood tend to prefer because nothing catches. The neckerchief is a square of 80/20 poly-cotton finished at 40 by 20 inches; it started as a sweat rag on a hot line and mostly earns its place now on a floor where the uniform is seen, tied at the throat or knotted at the side.

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Neckerchief

Chef Designs Neckerchief

Size 40x20
80% Polyester, 20% Cotton

4.6 · 567 ratings

$8.55

Chef hat

Chef Designs Chef Hat

Hook-and-loop
Size L
Two colourways

4.6 · 380 ratings

from $10.51

Skull cap

Chef Designs Skull Cap

Sizes M to L

4.3 · 40 ratings

$17.73

Where this comes from

Threading Your Way Through the Labeling Requirements Under the Textile and Wool Acts · US Federal Trade Commission. What a garment label must state: fibre content by generic name and percentage by weight in descending order, the country of processing or manufacture, and the maker or marketer by name or RN. A fibre under five per cent is "other fiber" unless it is functionally significant. Read September 6, 2026.
FDA Food Code · US Food and Drug Administration. The model code state and local jurisdictions adopt for retail food safety; its clause on outer clothing requires food employees to wear clean outer clothing to prevent contamination of food, equipment, utensils and linens. Read September 6, 2026.

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03Before you order

Questions about Chef Designs hats and neckwear

What a hat is for in a kitchen, how the sizing works when everything is one size, and where a neckerchief still earns its place.

Do you need a Chef Designs hat, or is hair restraint enough?

A hat is hair restraint, which is why it is on the order at all: an inspector looks for it and a guest notices when it is missing. The pleated chef hat is the visible one for a pass or an open kitchen; the skull cap is the one for a station under an extraction hood, where nothing should catch.

How does a one-size Chef Designs chef hat fit different heads?

With hook-and-loop at the back: the band opens flat and closes where you set it, so one hat covers a shift and a shared locker. The skull cap is sized instead, medium and large, because it sits close to the head.

What do people still use a Chef Designs neckerchief for?

It began as a sweat rag on a hot line and now mostly earns its place on a floor where the uniform is seen, tied at the throat or knotted at the side. It is a 40 by 20 inch square in an 80/20 poly-cotton, so it takes a wash with the coats.

Every closure, every run

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