Wear your splashes with pride!

Surely everyone BBQ's in an apron.

Not a joke when you have anchovy and tomato sauce from a hot saucepan getting all over you!

Eliot my thoughts exactly! You can't risk ruining nice shirts and who wants to cook in a painting shirt.

I'm all for aprons. It keeps the flour at bay when baking, and handy when washing the dishes- I'm super clumsy so saves me from getting drenched every time!

Amy, a stool might help too :)

Yay for aprons, it always reminds me of baking with my gran :-D

Just let someone else cook whenever possible ;))

Hahah, @Louise.

@Louise, that's a great idea! I can go Full-Ramsay and chastise any mistakes, while still wearing an apron.

when i used to cook out you know at events and friends, then i would wear an apron, around the house never.

I never wear an apron! Battle wounds (read: stains) to prove it.

Ruining clothes should not be the cost of cooking.

True, the cost of cooking is my formerly small waistline.

Small waistlines are well overrated.

deffo apron!

I can't cook, so it's a yes for me. It goes everywhere....

I have one hanging in my kitchen, because it's pretty ... ironically though, I never wear it. Call it a kitchen feature ;)

Guys, just cook naked!

jennie is that a guy or an apron. Grace you definitely have the right idea. but i do think you really need an apron then, no?

I think aprons were used more when ladies wore dresses every day and they needed that protection. Now we wear t'shirts and jeans and about the only thing that truly ruins those is bleach. We are so much more casual now that everyday cooking rarely requires an apron. For those who really like to wipe their hands on their clothes or do spatter everywhere when you cook, you might want overalls, an apron probably isn't enough. :D

I remember my grandmother wearing one. She was a very old-fashioned lady. Always wore a dress to her ankles, long sleeves, and a bonnet with the big wide brims in the front, tied under the chin. And she always wore a long apron that reached to within 4 inches of her hem. She lived in Florida. Can you imagine how hot that had to have been? That was her daily attire. And back then there were few fans and no a/c. Open windows were the only cooling the house had so cooking for the entire day took place very early in the a.m. I digress. Anyway. she always had a cloth tucked in her apron pocket to wipe her hands on. Thank heaven for paper towels!

It depends on what I'm cooking, how pressed for time I am, and what I'm wearing. I keep a larger old button down shirt in the kitchen instead of an apron, it does the same job. I like my white T-shirts to stay white, so If I'm cooking something with a tomato sauce I'll cover up; if I'm wearing a black, red, or other colored shirt I might refrain from covering up. if I'm putting together something for supper at 8 or 8:30 pm, I'm more focused on having something to eat when the last time I ate was at noon, so covering up, even though it only takes a couple seconds, is time lost. And if I'm wearing good clothes, you can bet I'm covering up with the old shirt, which I do wash after a couple uses.

yes Paul, I remember those days when i used to cook in the boyfriend's button down shirt, clothing optional of course. tehehe

HAHAHA @LIndel you win!

look at that wall, that lady is a true believer in the apron!

LOL... Lindel, Looks like you might have to take him shopping for a more manly apron that he can take with him to his friends house.

have apron will travel, better save that pic for his future chef days. tehehe

When out at a community fundraiser, yes. At home, no.

@chookchook2 Why the fundraiser and not at home? what's the diff?

James, I understand chook , perfectly. bet it is the same as I said earlier, you go out, you are supposed to look nice, but you are cooking, in my world there is no way those two are congruous. At home you are always wearing that old thing, so who cares?

Wot she said.