Kitchen outfits

To protect themselves from getting dirty, workers in the kitchen and catering industry wear work clothes. This outfit also protects against risks that may arise at work.

Wear protective clothing in the kitchen

3 well-defined reasons why wearing kitchen clothes is necessary : the protection of the worker,hygiene and the comfort.

In the kitchen, the risks are no less. It is useful to protect yourself by wearing suitable PPE. Professionals are obliged to wear appropriate work clothes in order to avoid burns, cuts or other accidents.

Cooks, servers and all staff in establishments handling food must comply with standards HACCP for a question of hygiene. This is to protect consumers from the risk of food contamination.

The work of cooks and restaurateurs requires a lot of freedom of movement and movement. It is therefore logical that professionals are dressed in comfortable clothes to ensure their best service during the day. It starts from head to toe: the chef's hat, kitchen jackets and safety shoes.

Types of kitchen uniforms

The kitchen outfits that are compulsory are jackets, trousers, hat or headdress, disposable gloves and safety shoes.

Kitchen jackets and pants

The kitchen outfit is composed first of jacket and pants. They must be loose, comfortable and made of breathable material such as cotton in order to protect the wearer. It is also for ease of movement and to let the skin breathe. Equipped with a small collar, the jackets are white and have long sleeves. And the pants are pocketless to prevent the proliferation of germs.

The headdress

Toque, charlotte, bandana and caps: For hygienic reasons, this is the headgear mandatory.

The hat, the charlotte or the bandana have the same role of covering the hair to avoid any risk of it falling into the dishes.

Disposable gloves

Similar to the headdress, the disposable gloves are made for hygienic reasons, especially in fast food or in places requiring the direct use of the hand.

Safety shoes

They are made to protect workers' feet against certain accidents such as the risk of slipping. The kitchen shoes are non-slip and comply with the EN ISO 20345 standard. They come in various forms: sneakers, sandals, clogs, boots...

Kitchen uniform standards

This personal protective equipment is subject to rules like all PPE. They follow the standards on work clothes according to their protection categories (EN ISO 340 for general devices).

What sets them apart is the regulation DIN 10524: 2012-04 recommending the wearing of white or pastel kitchen outfits.

The different characteristics of kitchen clothes

In the hotel and catering trade, the tasks can be very varied. This makes choosing the right outfit quite difficult.
To start, we have jackets made of cotton, polycotton, polyester or Texpel fabric.

These materials are allresistant. Some are breathable and allow you to evacuate your perspiration in order to regulate your body temperature. Others have armpit vents. This is why they ensure great comfort in your movements.

Then they can also be long or short sleeved. By the way, there are pockets on the chest and on the side of the sleeve; to store your pens for example. In addition, you can opt for a mao, crossed or officer collar according to your style.

Men's & women's kitchen clothes

Today, a large selection of outfits is available to you in specialized stores or websites.

For men and women, many colors await you and will allow you to make varied assortments of your professional kitchen clothes.

You will of course find white kitchen clothes or black kitchen clothes, but also more daring colors such as blue, orange or green or trendy materials like denim jeans.

Many models aremixed and will suit everyone, others have cuts that make them more specifically men's kitchen clothes or women's kitchen clothes. It's up to you to choose the ideal kitchen outfit for your morphology.