# Origin of Chef's Chapeau

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**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [June 23, 1999, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-chefs-chapeau/937 "1999-06-23T14:50:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 1999, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-chefs-chapeau/937/1 "1999-06-23T14:50:00Z")

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I thought it was created and worn first by that famed 13th Century sadist…Toquemada.