do most chefs actually wear those chef hats, If so why? And if not where does the idea that they do come from?

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Been puzzling me for a while.

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Answer 1

To stop hair getting in food, to show who is in charge (long hat is usually the head chef) and sometimes to regulate temperature of the head (long hat with hole at the top) . All depends on the hat, mines just a flat one that stops my hair getting everywhere.