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SERVING THE CULINARY COMMUNITY SINCE 1996!

Welcome to Toque Blanche!

Located in the heart of downtown Santa Cruz, California, Toque Blanche (formerly Chefworks) serves the needs of a diverse community of professional and home chefs. Since 1996, we have brought the world's best brands direct to your kitchen.

With our extensive selection of kitchenware, cookware, baking tools, and accessories for entertaining, we’re bound to have what you’re looking for!

Earn Top Chef Rewards

Savor the savings! Earn rewards with every purchase, both in-store and online.

Gift Registry

For all your important milestone moments, we offer a Gift Registry & Wishlist.

Gift Cards

Send a Toque Blanche Gift Card via mail or email, for use in-store and online!

Knife Sharpening

We offer professional knife sharpening services in our Santa Cruz store.

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Home Chefs Deserve the Very Best

Family-owned and staffed by a knowledgeable and friendly staff of foodies and home chefs, you are sure to find all the essential tools for cooking, baking, and entertaining at Toque Blanche.

We stock a wide variety of the best cookware, bakeware, cutlery and kitchen accessories for cooks of all levels. This includes our most popular line of products, La Chamba cookware, a handcrafted clay collection from Colombia. We also stock major brands including Le Creuset, Made In, Smithey, Breville, Fellow, Shun Cutlery, Ankarsrum, Wusthof, and many more!

California's First Le Creuset Shop-in-Shop

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What is a Toque Blanche?

You’ve seen it before — the traditional tall, white, pleated chef’s hat synonymous with high cuisine. 

For thousands of years, this word referred to any brimless hat, however the French popularized using “toque” or “toque blanche” to refer to a white chef’s hat.

In addition, for many years the number of pleats in a chef’s hat signified the number of ways the chef could cook an egg, with a more-pleated hat adorned only by the most experienced and skillful of chefs.

Taking the name Toque Blanche is our way of paying homage to hardworking chefs everywhere — both in professional and home kitchens.

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COME & VISIT

TOQUE BLANCHE 1527 PACIFIC AVENUE
SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA 95060

Store Hours:

Open Daily 10am to 6pm
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