Chef Works will be spotlighting someone in waitstaff each month through November as part of our “Five-Star Service” blog feature. In December, we’ll ask our blog’s readership to vote who has the “best story.” We’ll dress the winning restaurant with Chef Works gear! Pictured above is Thomas Ward of The Melting Pot, photographed by ChefFIND OUT MORE |

Happy Thanksgiving from the team at Chef Works! For many who make their living in the kitchen, Thanksgiving is chalk-full of traditions that have stood the test of time from childhood into their professional careers. Rather than having chefs share what they’re thankful for, this year we opted to ask them about some time-tested ThanksgivingFIND OUT MORE |

Each month we feature an International Chef of Chef Works. If you’re a fan of Chef Works gear and are interested in being featured, email marketing@chefworks.com. Pictured above is our November International CoCW, Chef Dennis MacDonald, photographed in his Springfield Chef Coat and Berkeley Apron. Dennis MacDonald might not remember who was consigliere in “TheFIND OUT MORE |

This is the year you’re finally going to do it! You’ve been waiting and waiting for the right time, the right sale and the right gear! Time to treat yourself! The Chef Works Black Friday sale is coming up. We can’t tell you the details yet (but let’s just say the savings will be awesome!).FIND OUT MORE |

  Each month we feature an Apron Ace. If you love your Chef Works apron and wear it outside of the traditional kitchen setting – makeup artist, potter, florist, barista – we want to know! To be featured, email marketing@chefworks.com. Pictured above is our November Apron Ace, Christian Siglin, photographed last month at WASTED: AFIND OUT MORE |

Chef Works sponsors dozens of food and wine festivals every year. And each one has its own personality, charm and whimsy. But there’s something particularly special about serving as the official apparel sponsor for the San Diego Bay Wine + Food Festival. “This is right in our backyard,” said Amanda Stuckey, vice president of marketingFIND OUT MORE |

Each month we feature a Chef of Chef Works. If you’re a fan of Chef Works gear and are interested in being featured, email marketing@chefworks.com. Pictured above is our November CoCW, Chef Fatima Ali, photographed at Pebble Beach Food & Wine with Top Chef alum Tyler Anderson in her Elyse Women’s Premium Chef Coat and BerkeleyFIND OUT MORE |

For the eighth-straight year, the Chef Works team was on the ground at the Hawaii Food & Wine Festival, serving as the official culinary and hospitality sponsor and enjoying one of the most beautiful venues on the food and wine circuit. Chef Works donated hundreds of garments, including custom-made chef coats that featured a limited-editionFIND OUT MORE |

Aside from providing a sugar rush, Halloween also marks the unofficial start of the Holiday season. It’s the blend of fall colors, warm flavors and comfort-food goodness reminding you that Thanksgiving and Christmas are but weeks away. But All Hallows Eve doesn’t always have to be about sweet treats. If you’re planning on staying inFIND OUT MORE |

Since its inception four years ago, Chef Works Cares – the charitable arm of Chef Works – has granted tens of thousands of dollars to a number non-profit organizations. The mission of CW Cares addresses three specific areas: the elimination of children living in poverty, aiding children and adults living with intellectual and developmental disabilitiesFIND OUT MORE |