about chef tattoos

Naturally, cooking ranks with the Navy and the yakuza as one of the great tattooed vocations, though the images sometimes differ. The most committed chefs are known to ink tools and ingredients onto their bodies — a sign that they’re in it for more than just the endless desserts. Not that chefs aren’t already marked by their trade. Look at their hands, and you’ll see cuts, calluses, scars; look at their arms, and you’ll see burn marks from reaching into an oven in a busy kitchen.

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