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

Classically a French style hat, the tall chef hats to which you are referring are rarely if ever worn in the U.S..
I am a woman chef, and have worked in many styles of kitchens–none of which had the cartoonish stylings of Ratatouille.
Chef coats and 50’s style bandanas, ball caps, or other “regular” hats are the lesser formal kitchen dress.
The vented flat top, eraser head looking, style are the more formal or open kitchen wear–generally…but never have I seen the French poof.