Boucher, a reputed chef to French statesman Talleyrand, insisted they wear white ones for reasons related to kitchen hygiene. Later, Careme used cardboard to give these hats more structure, thus ...

This towering headpiece is a symbol of culinary expertise, tradition, and hierarchy in the kitchen. But why exactly do chefs wear these tall hats, and where did this unique tradition originate?

SEATTLE — Thierry Rautureau, known worldwide as the Chef in Hat, has died at the age of 64. Rautureau was the co-host of "Seattle Kitchen" with chef Tom Douglas on KIRO 97.3 FM from 2003 to ...

He’s a dream in the kitchen — and elsewhere in the house ... When he places, in triumph, a tall white chef’s hat on his head for the first time, it’s as if he’s crowning himself ...