1, chef's hats are of different heights, representing different status.
Chef hat is generally about 29.5 centimeters high. Chef, chef wear this cap.
Chef hat about 29.5 cm
Chef hat about 25 cm
Chef cap about 10.5 cm
2, historical origin
In the hotel, restaurant, each chef wears a white-colored high hat. There is a very interesting story about the origin of the chef wearing a white high hat.
It is said that more than 200 years ago, there was a famous chef in France called André Fan? Clem. He was the senior chef of a famous restaurant in Paris in the 18th century. And van was cheerful and funny, and loved to make a splash. One night, he saw a customer in the restaurant wearing a white high hat on his head, a novel and peculiar style, attracting the attention of the whole restaurant, they deliberately follow suit, immediately customized a high white hat, and much higher than the customer. He wore this high white hat, very proud, in and out of the kitchen, and really attracted the attention of all customers. Many people felt fresh and curious, and rushed to patronize the restaurant. This effect has become a sensational news, so that the restaurant's business is more and more prosperous. Later, many restaurant owners in Paris have noticed the attraction of the white high hat, also have their own chef customized the same white high hat.
Over time, the white hat has become a symbol and logo of the chef, evolved to the present day, almost all chefs around the world are generally wearing the white hat. White high hat has become the chef to maintain food hygiene work hat.
3, the international chef hat will be established in 1949, headquartered in the origin of the chef high hat - Paris, France. Participate in the cap will be organized, must have a certain height hat chef is eligible. 1984, China's first chef cap will be organized - China chef cap will be established in Guangzhou branch.
In the chef, from the special, senior to intermediate level, of which the chief chef 1, under the hot and cold, pasta, western food 8 positive and vice chef.
The grades of chefs are said to have been vague until the 1960s, when exams were introduced to set grades.
There was no such thing as a head chef in the '50s and '60s; instead, the title was head of a large group.
The catering industry has always occupied a dominant position in the consumption of services in China. Now people's living standards, living taste have improved, the three meals a day are more and more concerned about nutrition and health. Especially with the rapid development of China's tertiary industry, the catering industry has become a sunrise industry, every day there will be different grades of restaurants open. Specifically how many hotels, who can not say, but whether it is a provincial city, or county, walking in the busy road on the street, you will see two steps a restaurant, three steps a hotel. In the forest of restaurants, chefs want to find a job is not difficult, it is difficult to find a satisfactory job, especially a just graduated from the culinary school, there is not much practical experience of the chef.
There are many levels of cooks, and each level has a different certificate that represents the cook's status and qualifications. The lowest level of chef is the junior chef, and generally graduated from technical schools are intermediate chef, is the intermediate in the lower three chefs, but also "rookie" level. Holding the third level chef certificate for two years, as advertised "free further training", in fact, the chef after the completion of the promotion of training are free of charge, the time is not long, as long as the practice of mastering a few key dishes. If you pass the exam, the third certificate can be replaced by a second certificate. After two years of holding a level two certificate, you will be eligible to take the training again and take the exam for a level one certificate. Level 3, Level 2 and Level 1 are the lowest to highest levels within the Intermediate Chef category. If you have held a Level 1 certificate for two years and are over 30 years old, you will be eligible to attempt your first Dragon Gate Jump and take the Senior Chef Specialty Chef training exam. At the end of the day, the certificate a piece of paper only, cooking belongs to the category of martial arts, in the end, how much can need to prove in practice, just graduated from the culinary school of small masters, the need to grow from the roughing, playing the lotus, food preparation, and other positions, it is not possible to one step up to go to the big hotels to stir-fry.
Special chef is not the highest level of chef, technician is the highest realm of chef. If the special level chef before that layer of hurdles are in the cocoon, through the examination to become a technician in order to become a butterfly. Became a technician, did the chef, not only high wages, there are many other income, such as should be hired by the chef school, to the students on the class, to serve as some of the judges of the competition and so on.