Embroidered chef coats · logo + name + title
Chef coats cut, sewn and embroidered in one factory, made for kitchen laundering. Thread, backing, buttons and seams are set for the way your kitchens wash them, from an industrial laundry with chlorine bleach to washing at home.
120embroidery heads under our roof, so all decoration stays in-house
By buyer
One approved coat per role. Every kitchen orders from the same logo set-up and the same staff-list format.
Executive chefs and purchasing managers dressing head chefs, sous chefs, line cooks and pastry teams across several restaurants: a white brigade coat plus an executive coat for the head chef. New openings and new hires come from the same set-up.
Banqueting, à la carte, pastry and staff-canteen kitchens in one hotel or a group. Cartons arrive by kitchen with one pack per chef inside, and coloured show-kitchen coats are matched to a retained lab dip.
Chef coat wholesale and private label chef coats under your woven and care labels. Re-orders come from the same pattern files and lab dips, and your customers’ names can be embroidered inside your order.
01Chef names
The name is the part of the coat that has to stay readable longest. Logo set-up, wash-test standards and the staff-list workflow are as on our custom work shirts; here is what changes on a chef coat.
Polyester. On white coats that go into chlorine bleach, the thread colour is checked for colour fastness to hypochlorite to ISO 105-N01, grade 4 or better before it is approved. A brand colour that falls short is swapped for the nearest one that passes, at the thread stage.
Every name and logo sits on a permanent cut-away backing that stays in the coat through every wash and every hot tumble dry, so letters do not pull or distort as the twill moves. Tear-away backing is never used on our chef coats.
Stitch spacing of 0.40–0.45 mm on chef twill keeps letters solid without a stiff, puckered patch under the name. A lock stitch at every trim, start and stop means one cut thread cannot pull the next letter apart.
The name runs 6–12 mm high and the title line, such as Executive Chef or Pastry Chef, 5 mm or more. Block fonts sit mid-range; script fonts go to the top of the range so thin strokes survive laundering.
Logo, name and title go on the front panel before the facing is sewn on. The needle passes through one layer of twill and the backing only: flat stitches, a smooth inside, and no frame clamped over a finished front.
Industrially laundered coats: ISO 15797 for 50 cycles on sample pieces, then again on pre-production pieces from bulk fabric before bulk leaves, inside the bulk window (lead times). Home-washed programs: ISO 6330 for 50 cycles. Pass means no broken stitches, no puckering and colour fastness to washing of ISO 105-C06 grade 4 or better.
The set-up is adjusted first, such as backing weight, density or underlay, and retested. If it still fails, the approach changes, for example a taller lettering height or another thread colour, and you see the proposal before anything is decided.
The digitizer writes backing, density and lock stitches into the logo set-up record kept with your program. Line QC checks the first piece off every machine against the approved sample before the run continues.
02Styles
Men’s and women’s cuts on every style, tall sizes on core styles. The full size range is in the specifications.
BrigadeLong sleeve, turn-back cuffs, stand collar. The default coat for most kitchens.
Range & passThe same front, with the sleeve finished above the wrist for cooks at the range.
Hot line · pastryDouble-breasted front and a short sleeve for hot lines and pastry rooms.
Open kitchenOne row of stainless snaps or buttons: a lighter front for counters.
Head chefLonger body, piping optional, often black or a contrast colour for head chefs.
Hottest stationsA light poly-cotton front with a mesh back for the hottest stations.
03Choosing a coat
Each one goes into your quote, with the reason for it.
Quote for industrial + bleachQuote for commercial laundryQuote for home washing
If it’s wrongA coat built for home washing that goes to an industrial laundry loses buttons and shrinks out of size. The industrial build also holds up at home.
If it’s wrongShrinkage, faded colour, or stains that never come out.
If it’s wrongStuds that nobody removes before the wash: lost studs and torn button loops.
If it’s wrongA full-cotton coat with no mesh on a hot line is the coat chefs stop wearing.
Also decidesWhere a sleeve logo or a thermometer pocket can go.
Already have a coat your chefs like? Post it to us and we quote from it, with what we would keep and what we would change for your wash route.
04Positions
Two button rows and an overlap leave less chest than a shirt, so every position is fixed on your approved sample and every size follows it.
Up to 3.5 in / 9 cm wide on the outer panel, clear of the buttons and the overlap edge: smaller than the 4 in / 10 cm on our work shirts.
Below the logo, with the title on a second line. Some kitchens prefer the right chest above the button row; we stitch it wherever your sample shows it.
Up to 3 in / 7.5 cm. On coats with a left-sleeve thermometer pocket, the logo goes on the right sleeve or above the pocket.
A small flag or initials up to 1 in / 25 mm high, stitched on the collar piece before the collar is attached.
Positions are set per size, XS to the largest size, in men’s and women’s cuts, and line QC checks them at first piece and during the run. Every chef’s name reads in the same place on the pass.
Chefs who join next year get the same name, font and thread colour as the brigade they join.
One logo set-up record per program05Which garment
Four of these six are made on this page. The other two belong in the same kitchen order.
All day on the line, with two layers of twill across the chest and the logo, name and title on it.
This pageFor chefs who meet guests: a longer body, piping and contrast colours, and a fuller name and title line.
This pageLighter fabric and a mesh back for heat, with the logo and name on the chest.
This pageOne row of stainless snaps for quick changes at show-cooking stations.
This pageFront protection worn over the coat, ordered in the same program.
Custom apronsLogo shirts for the staff outside the kitchen.
Custom work shirts06Construction
Seven parts, each written into the spec your re-orders follow.
Interfaced so it stays upright after laundering.
Interfaced and stitched down on long sleeves; 3/4 and short sleeves hemmed.
Thermometer and pen pocket on the left sleeve, bartacked at the top corners.
Double-breasted, with two layers of twill across the chest, a facing behind the edge and two rows of buttons. Snap-front and single-breasted styles have one row.
Gussets, side panels or a back yoke set into the body seams (mesh details).
Pocket corners and button loops bartacked.
Our size and care labels, or your private-label woven and care labels.
07Closures
The body of the coat goes through the same hot washes as the name on the chest.
Sewn on with a lock stitch, so one worn thread does not unravel the rest, and every loop or buttonhole is bartacked. They stay on in the wash: our pick for industrial laundering, where nobody handles the coats first.
Plastic studs with ring clips, taken out before washing and put back after. For chefs who wash their own coats, or laundries that remove studs. Each coat’s studs are bagged and packed with it.
On snap-front coats. Nothing rusts or marks white fabric in the wash.
08Heat and hot washes
A coat that still closes, still fits and still looks right after months of kitchen laundering.
Gussets, side panels and back yokes in polyester mesh, sewn into the body seams with finished edges that do not fray or curl. Polyester mesh holds its shape and dries quickly between shifts.
Turn-back cuffs are interfaced and stitched down, so they stay folded after laundering. 3/4 sleeves end clear of pans and the range.
Black, grey and brand-colour coats get the same hypochlorite test as the name thread, run on the fabric at lab-dip stage. You see the result before you approve the colour.
A coat that fits a chef on day one still fits after the laundry has had it, and a re-ordered coat in the same size fits the same way.
Post one coat, with a name on it if your chefs wear names. The quote comes back built for your wash route.
Comes back with
09Specifications
The reasons behind each choice are in the sections above.
Logo and name sizes: positionsClosure pull test: closuresDecoration wash test: chef namesShrinkage: hot washes
10Making and checking
Inline QC at 3 points, after cutting, after embroidery and during assembly, against the sample the QC manager set as the reference.
Fronts, facings, sleeves, collars and mesh cut from CAD marker files kept for re-orders.
Logo, name and title on the single-layer front; flags or initials on the collar piece; first piece checked.
Facing, mesh panels, collar, sleeves and cuffs sewn on.
Knot buttons lock-stitched and loops bartacked, or snaps set; studs bagged per coat.
Closure pull test on every lot; industrial wash test on pre-production pieces.
Each coat matched to the signed proof and staff list, then packed by kitchen or by person.
A name that differs from the signed proof is a defect and is remade before packing (staff-list workflow as on work shirts).
Measurements, button rows, embroidery position, name accuracy, and the shade of coloured coats against the retained lab dip. The QC manager releases the order against the report.
ISO 9001 quality system and amfori BSCI audit; certificates available on request. If a batch arrives with a problem, here is what happens.
11Options
A new colour, closure or mesh layout moves a stock style onto the custom sample route (see lead times).
White, black, grey or your Pantone, kept as a retained lab dip; piping or contrast on collar, cuffs and front edge.
Long with turn-back cuffs, 3/4, or short.
Left-sleeve thermometer and pen pocket; chest pocket on request.
Knot buttons, studs or snaps, with button colour matched or contrast.
Underarm gussets, side panels, back yoke, or none.
Standard or executive length; tall sizes on core styles.
Sleeve logo, collar flag or initials, on one set-up record per program.
Your woven and care labels; packed by kitchen or by person.
12Supply
Three routes, each with the same in-house embroidery, closure pull test and final inspection.
5–7 days
Logo sample
37–50 days
Quote approval to ex-factory
24 months
Core-colour fabric reserve
13Program model
18hotels and about 900 kitchen staff run their chef coats from one approved coat per role and one logo set-up.
Run your kitchens from one logo set-upWhite double-breasted coats for the brigades and black executive coats for head chefs and sous chefs. The group’s logo sits on the chest, with each chef’s name and title below it.
Every hotel sends its staff list in the same format, and re-orders go out every 4 months from the same set-up record, font and thread colours. Executive-coat fabric is read against the retained lab dip before cutting.
Packed by hotel and by kitchen, with one labelled pack per chef, so each executive chef hands out coats the day the carton arrives. New hotels join on the same spec.
14Quote list
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15Related
Custom restaurant uniforms beyond the pass, made in the same factory. See the full range.
Front of house and kitchen outfitted as one look.
Front desk, housekeeping and hotel restaurant teams.
Send your logo, the number of chefs and kitchens, and how your coats are washed.
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