toque
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- noun
- /toʊk/
- Specialized
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toque
- As he walked into the kitchen, he proudly wore his signature toque that symbolized his expertise.
- chef's toque
- white toque
- wearing toques
Examples
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I've never seen an image of a chef in a laughably large toque that pleased me.
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The chef adjusted his toque before presenting the dish to the judges.
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In his chef's jacket and toque, he was the quintessential French chef.
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I am a rod, a pillar, the statue of a man in a crisp white toque, arms folded across my chest.
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Dressed like a lab technician in a white coat and toque, the pie vendor whisked flies from her wares.
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Fruit, vegetables, coffee cups, wine glasses, kitchen utensils, chefs with laughably large toques, and roosters are some of the images that appear when you search 'kitchen art' on just about any poster/art website.
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Ron Siegel, the newly minted toque at Michael Mina, shared his Sunchoke Soup with Dungeness Crab Claws, Carrots, and Cilantro.
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Michel learned cooking from his mother (who appears in the film), Sébastien learned it from his father, and his own pre-adolescent son is already outfitted in a miniature jacket and toque for the kitchen.
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All the chefs in the competition wore their toques with pride, showcasing their dedication to culinary arts.
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Etymology
Toque for a chef's tall white hat also comes from French toque, and one theory links it to Spanish toca or Arabic taqiyah meaning 'cap'. So the old word for 'hat' became the name for the special tall hat chefs wear as a sign of their job.