In the kitchen, it is always required for the people to have
their hair clipped up and tied back to avoid hair dropping into food
accidentally, or getting caught in a dangerous situation, like accidentally
getting burnt in a fire or getting caught in a machine.
It also shows a level of professionalism when hair is tied
back and not covering ones’ face. This allows the chef to focus more on the
cooking instead of brushing hair back from their eyes whilst cooking, and
worrying about hair falling into their food.
Guys:
- They need to be clean shaven, free of any beards/moustaches on their face
- Their side burns to be shaved, it can be only as long
as half of your ear
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| Facial hair has been shaved, side burns cut to the desired length |
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Hair at the back must not touch the collar of
your chef uniform
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| Hair is shaved so that it does not touch the collar of the uniform |
Girls:
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| GOOD: all hair is tied into a bun, and secured with a hair nut. Shorter hairs/"Fly away hairs" are gelled up or pinned together with bobby pins to ensure that it does not bother the person/drop into any food |
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| GOOD: hair is tied in a bun and kept in the chef hat BAD: hair was not pinned properly around the ears and at the back of the neck |
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Short hair to be clipped up and must not touch
the collar of your chef uniform
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Hair by the ears to be neatly tucked behind the
ears and smoothed back using hair gel or hair spray
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“baby hairs” at the back of the neck to be
shaved off or gelled up and held together using bobby pins
Well explained. But maybe you can add in a few more points lto be more detailed, like coloured hair? Will it be okay to have one? If not what is the reason. Hair pins, is it okay for me to have fancy hairpins? Or only specific colours? As a readers I would be interested to know about all these. But overall job well done!:)
ReplyDeleteThank you for your lovely comment! It means a lot to get some feedback and see what I've missed out in my blog post. To answer your questions, no, coloured hair is not allowed as it is considered improper and not a sign of professionalism in the kitchen. Hair pins should be black/blue in colour, not any fancy colours as it also does not show a form of professionalism in the kitchen.
DeleteThank you once again, for your comment! (:
A detailed explanation on the rules and regulations for having properly kept hair in a commercial kitchen environment. However, more emphasis can be placed on other aspects such as the length of the hair itself? is there any requirements? Are coloured hair allowed? why of why not? This could be explained as well ;)
ReplyDeleteHello Subash, thank you so much for taking the time to read and comment on this post. To answer your questions, it is different for girls and guys. Girls are allowed to have any length of hair as long as it is kept in the given chef hat, or in a hair net, and all stray hairs are properly pinned up and kept away from the face. For guys, they are required to keep their hair shaved and not touching the collar of the chef uniform, their side burns to be shaved and not longer than half the length of their ear. All facial hair should also be kept shaved. I hope it answers your questions. Thank you for your kind feedback once again! (:
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