Chef Works Pants

Chef pants are trousers made for kitchen work, cut loose enough to move in and made from fabrics that handle heat and repeated commercial laundering. Common styles include baggy, cargo and lightweight vented pants in men's and women's fits.

Cool Vent is a Chef Works pant style named for its ventilated fabric, aimed at moving heat away from the leg through a long service. Hospitality Connect carries it alongside baggy, cargo, essential and lightweight Chef Works pants.

Chef pants should sit at the natural waist with enough room through the seat and thigh to squat and lunge without pulling. The hem should clear the shoe rather than drag on a wet floor. Chef sizing runs differently from everyday trousers.

Baggy chef pants are cut wide through the leg for airflow and movement, with minimal pockets. Cargo chef pants add side leg pockets for thermometers, pens and tasting spoons, which suits chefs who need tools on them through service.

Black is the usual choice on a commercial line because it hides oil, sauce and scorch marks between washes and reads neutrally in an open kitchen. Black runs through the baggy, cargo, essential and lightweight Chef Works styles.