Restaurant Uniforms for Food Service Heroes
Quality food service uniform options to outfit the team from front to back of house.
It takes more than great food to serve up a great restaurant experience for guests. From ambiance to place settings, every detail matters — including carefully selected restaurant uniforms.
Whether you’re opening a new restaurant location or simply optimizing your business’s operations, it’s always the right time to streamline your uniform program. At Vestis, we can help you identify and plan for the types of uniforms and garments you’ll need, as well as understand how you can get more bang for your uniform buck through a restaurant uniform rental service.
Mapping out Your Uniform Needs
When determining uniform needs for your hard-working service industry members, consider the types of roles within your establishment and the functions of those roles. Sure the waitstaff, chefs and cooks need the proper gear, but you might also want to consider other positions such as dishwashers or porters.
Restaurant Aprons
Aprons come in all shapes, sizes, and serve different roles for the kitchen and servers alike. Its important to think about everything your team does in their daily routines to determine what types of aprons you need.
Chef Coats
A great looking chef’s coat not only boosts confidence for your chefs, but also can help reinforce guest expectations for the food. There are many options and styles for chef coats and other kitchen wear including short-sleeved, vented chef coats and classic chef coats.
Pants and Shirts
Your back and front-of-house apparel will likely differ, and you may need a variety of options for pants and shirts to accommodate both the kitchen and waitstaff. Chef pants are typically baggier with looser and more functional pockets, while waitstaff pants and shirts are usually more formal and form-fitting. Similarly, cook shirts are specifically designed for the kitchen and are made from fabrics that will release stains more easily.
Hats and Head Gear
Kitchen head gear comes in many different styles, from your traditional chefs hat to a baseball cap style. You have choices in how to outfit your line crew and prep team.
Advantages of Renting Your Uniforms
Are your employees expected to wash and maintain their own work clothing? Uniforms will eventually wear out over time. It’s important to weigh the operational costs of replacement against the cost of renting those same uniforms and having them freshly replenished whenever needed. Similarly, if you are buying uniforms, then you are likely to spend a lot of time and money having those garments laundered regularly.
Rental uniforms are a cost-effective and hassle-free alternative to purchasing new uniforms, and a rental program makes sense for restaurants that already use service providers for related supplies.
Vestis provides service packages built to your needs, which allows hospitality and food service customers to save operational costs by bundling several different service areas together. If you’re already utilizing a uniform rental service, then it makes sense to bundle that with other key services, like towels and floor mats.
Vestis also provides essential restroom and first aid supplies services, and mops. When it’s all bundled together, you gain peace of mind knowing that all your employees will have clean uniforms, your linens and towels will be fresh, and your facilities will be cleaner and safer.