kwilkinson
Having a Ball
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The Chef coat (which many of us hate) is there in order to instill a sense of order. Pride, uniformity, decorum, everything else our industry learned from the military however many decades ago. The apron is there, ostensibly, so that no matter what task I'm doing (making bread, pureeing tomatoes, making herb puree), we can ditch it and still come back looking proper in our uniform. So many people, and health departments, want to say the apron is there to protect us from you or vice-versa, but it isn't. It's a conformity measure to ensure that none of us stands out and thus can't buck tradition. Thus, I say, **** chef's coats and **** aprons. Give me a black tshirt all day.When chefs wear chef's coats, what is the purpose of also wearing an apron?