Typical chef's hat
Have you ever wondered who invented the chef hat ?
Yes, the tall, rounded one we know today.
Well, most historians believe that the modern chef's uniform is due to Marie-Antoine Careme , one of the greatest chefs from the early 1800s ( see also :https://www.pilloledistoria.it/5008/storia-contemporanea/antica-cucina-biancomangiare-moda-careme).
It is thought that he was the one who proposed, in addition to the jacket-shirt and trousers typical of those who carry out this profession, also the toque blanche , the white hat that serves to preserve the hygiene of the dishes and to ensure greater comfort when you are busy in front of the stove.
Actually, even the chefs from antiquity they used a headdress when they worked, but Careme introduced a novelty which remains the same today.
He realized that it was enough to add a piece of cardboard inside, to ensure greater ventilation to the head and hair.
That way you sweated a lot less, of course.
It seems trivial, but if you think about it, this simple trick guaranteed the cooks a freshness and a comfort hitherto unknown.
An idea as simple as it is ingenious, which after more than two hundred years from its development, continues to work exactly as it was then ( Photo from :it.clearanceonline2022.ru).