What's A Chef's Hat Called? The iconic chef's hat is called a toque blanche (French for “white hat”). A toque can refer to any hat with no brim, or a very narrow one. There are many theories about its ...

There are two things you might not know about a chef’s hat, those towering and pleated white caps that are part and parcel of a gastronomical genius’s uniform. First, the correct name is a chef’s ...