Choosing the right staff uniforms for your restaurant

If you were a part of choosing the brand colors or weighing in on the logo design for your restaurant, we’re sure you remember how that felt. You probably felt proud. Excited. A sense of this is ours. Choosing your restaurant apparel should give you those same feelings.

Maybe you’ve never gotten the chance to put much thought into your staff uniforms. Or maybe you have, but it’s time for a refresh. We’ll walk you through the top considerations for restaurant wear that not only fit your brand image, but also keep your staff comfortable all shift long.

Style

Your staff uniforms should be a reflection of your restaurant’s overall style, and tone. Creating a cohesive look for your front of house staff is especially important, but it’s important for your back of house staff too – especially if the kitchen is visible, but also for team unity and morale.

For front of house, your basic options are t-shirt, polo, or button down. It should be easy to identity what suits the mood of your establishment. Think about what your customers typically come in wearing – would they feel overdressed if their server was in a t-shirt, or underdressed if their server was in a stark-white long sleeve button-up?

Then there’s color. Neutrals are always a good choice. But finding apparel that matches your brand colors adds a special touch that can really bring your whole restaurant image together. You may want your chefs in black or white chef coats, but their chef hats may be a great place for a pop of your brand color. At KNG, they have a wide variety of color options for every piece of apparel they sell, and they can even custom create colors to match your branding exactly.

Comfort

In a hot kitchen or a busy dining room, your staff won’t care how nice your kitchen uniforms look if they’re not comfortable. Once you’ve landed on a style, you’ll want to take a closer look at materials, built-in cooling features, and the freedom of movement a garment can provide.

KNG designs their culinary uniforms with comfort in mind. First, they use 100% spun poly on many of their garments, which breathes and feels like pure cotton – but lasts twice as long. They also have a line of active chef wear that includes features such as mesh ventilated sleeves, side seam vents, and moisture wicking collars.

And remember, fit is everything. Make sure you have women’s options available to your staff, and a full range of different sizes. At KNG, you can find men’s and women’s styles from sizes XS to 3XL.

Care & durability

The other thing your staff will appreciate in a uniform is easy care. Your staff will be wearing these items a lot, and that combined with inevitable spills and splatters means these garments have to be tough.

That’s why KNG focuses on making their apparel hassle-free and durable. Many of their items are stain-resistant, wrinkle-resistant, and made to hold up to frequent laundering. Your staff can wash, dry, and head out the door in these aprons, shirts, and more without any extra steps.

Personalization

It matches your restaurant’s style. It features your exact brand colors. But the only way to fully personalize your staff uniforms? Your brand name or logo.

Placement, size, and technique are all important to consider with this step. Embroidery gives a classic look and won’t tear or fade over time like other logo printing options.

KNG is known for their high quality customization. Their team of experts ensures your logo is replicated exactly, with perfect embroidery in just the right position on each garment. They offer chef coat embroidery, apron embroidery, and more. It’s easy to get started on customizing your team’s uniforms, just reach out.

Your staff uniforms say just as much about your restaurant as the décor, the ambiance, and the top-notch service. Taking the time to choose the right ones is important – and can also be a lot of fun. KNG is a complete restaurant uniform store that makes finding the perfect apparel simple. Browse the full KNG selection of chef apparel, front of house uniforms, aprons, and more today.

About Nicole Montalvo

Nicole Montalvo is a copywriter at TundraFMP. She brings the brand's voice to life, creates meaningful content, and handles the copywriting side of social media marketing and SEO. When she's not writing, you can find her drinking coffee, trying out new recipes, or exploring nature.

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