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LOST CAR TRAVEL & EATS

In creating the design of these jackets, Carlos kept in mind what
he didn’t like about current jackets and what he would like to
see when shopping for a new chef coat. One of the things that I
immediately noticed about a Lost Car jacket are the two
pockets on the breast of the jacket. For those not in the industry,
all chef coats traditionally have pockets for pens and other tools
on the left sleeve. Though most chefs utilize them, they are not
optimally placed. Not only is it kind of a pain to reach all the way
across your body while busy working the line, items in the sleeve
pocket tend to get caught on the plastic flaps while coming in
and out of the walk-in cooler. So what a lot of chefs do is put
their pens and Sharpies on to the flaps that close the jacket.
Although this makes them easily accessible, it is not ideal either.
They tend to flop around and fall off, or if you forget to close
your pen, you get ink all over your undershirt. Well, Lost Car has
solved this problem! As a working chef, the first time I saw the
two chest pockets, I said, holy crap, that is genius! It has become
their signature feature; you can tell a Lost Car chef jacket just by
looking for the two pockets across the chest.
Another problem that chefs and cooks have is wayward
aprons. The collars on standard jackets are never high enough,
and the apron strap always ends up inside your jacket, rubbing
against your neck. Annoying as hell! To solve this problem Lost
Car made the collars on their jackets a little higher and they also
added a magnetic clip to the back of the jacket, allowing the
apron strap to remain fixed in one place. Another ingenious
solution to a super annoying problem.
Beside possessing several great features that make the jackets
more comfortable and increasing functionality, their jackets also
look absolutely bad ass! And that is not all, there are also many
more features that are unique to Lost Car jackets, but I’m not
going to tell you all his secrets. You will have to watch our
interview to hear the about the rest. Overall, if you are a working
chef and are looking for one of the most stylish, yet functional,
jackets on the market at a price that is still approachable, you
have to check out Lost Car Chef Apparel.
So, Lost Car went mobile. They got two trucks and
Every piece of equipment a chef wears in his daily routine
converted them into mobile sales studios complete with
serves a purpose. Chef coats were originally designed for
embroidery. This way they could literally pull up to the
function over form, created to protect the wearer from spills and
loading docks of any restaurant, sell their jackets
other potential hazards that could happen in the kitchen. They
directly to the chefs, AND have them embroidered on-
were traditionally heavy cotton and therefore somewhat flame
site within 20 minutes.
resistant material and were always baggy, providing a barrier
Carlos even staffed Lost Car Chef Apparel with people
between the wearer and spills, reducing the potential for serious
he had worked with during his time as a chef because
burns.
they had the same drive and hustle like him. They worked
six days a week, setting a quota of how many chefs they

needed to see each day. The work was different, but it
was as if they were back on the line, prepping and
cooking unique meals.

84| TNE MAGAZINE | APR 2018