What Is CHEFtog and What Does the Website Offer?

CHEFtog (cheftog.com) is a restaurant apron manufacturer based in West Chicago, Illinois, that makes handmade, customizable aprons for chefs, cooks, servers, and other hospitality staff. The site lets you design an apron online — choosing fabrics, colors, lengths, pockets, and hardware — and order as few as one or as many as a million, with every apron cut, sewn, and assembled in the USA. It is aimed at individual chefs and food professionals as well as restaurant groups and culinary organizations that need uniforms.

What the site sells

CHEFtog's catalog covers the main apron roles in a kitchen or dining room:

• Bib aprons — the standard front-facing apron for general kitchen work
• Cross back aprons — straps cross at the back rather than tying at the neck
• Bistro aprons — shorter waist aprons, typically for front-of-house
• Server aprons — designed for waitstaff who need pockets and quick access

Each style comes in a wide size range: Big and Tall, Regular, Petite, Junior-Teen, and Kids. That range matters if a single restaurant uniform order has to outfit a mixed team, or if you're buying for yourself and standard one-size aprons have never fit well.

Customization: what you can actually change

The core offer is a build-your-own apron rather than picking from fixed stock. According to the site, customization covers:

• Custom fabrics and colors
• Apron and tie lengths
• Pocket configurations
• Hardware

You design it online, and the company positions the price as comparable to what other companies charge for their off-the-shelf aprons — the site's own framing is "Your Apron. Your Way. Your Price." and "No premium price required." Treat that as the company's claim rather than a verified comparison; the site does not publish a price list, so you'll need to configure an apron to see actual costs.

Ordering terms worth knowing

The free-shipping threshold is the one concrete number on the page, and the exclusions are specific: bulk orders and non-contiguous US addresses don't qualify. If you're ordering from Hawaii, Alaska, or outside the continental US, plan on paying for shipping regardless of order size.

Who it's for

• Individual chefs and cooks who want an apron that fits their body and working style instead of a generic size
• Restaurants and hospitality groups standardizing uniforms across a team with mixed sizes
• Culinary organizations and food professionals looking for a US-made partner for branded or bespoke aprons

The site explicitly states it partners with chefs, food professionals, restaurant groups, and culinary organizations, so bulk and bespoke projects are within scope — but since bulk orders fall outside the free-shipping promotion, confirm shipping costs with the company before committing to a large run.

How to get started

1. Go to cheftog.com and browse the apron collections (bib, cross back, bistro, server) to pick a base style.
2. Use the online customizer to set fabric, color, lengths, pockets, and hardware.
3. Check the configured price against your budget — pricing appears at configuration, not as a published list.
4. If your order is $125+ and shipping to the continental US, the UPS Ground promotion applies automatically per the site's terms; otherwise call +1 (630) 293-4820 to discuss bulk or special shipping.

The main thing to verify before ordering is lead time and final cost for your specific configuration, since neither is stated on the page — a quick call is the most reliable way to confirm both for a team order.