Toque roots are sometimes traced to the "casque à meche" (stocking cap) worn by 18th-century French chefs. The colour of the "casque à meche" denoted the rank of the wearer. Boucher, the personal chef of the French statesman Talleyrand, was the first to insist on white toques for sanitary reasons. The modern toque is popularly believed to have originated with the French chef Marie-Antoine Carême (1784–1833), who stiffened the "casque à meche" with cardboard . The pleated, low, round hat worn in French universities the equivalent of the mortarboard or tam at British and American universities is also called a toque.
Toque Profundo music after their last album Magia in 2002. Concerts were held in Santo Domingo and also in New York City. Toque Profundo has remained active ever since releasing the singles "Salta", "Alcohol y Celular", and "Vivo" through 2011. They have continued to play numerous gigs throughout the Dominican Republic and the Northeastern United States. In 2014, Toque Profundo released its latest Production, Vivo, as a digital-only release including singles released previously since 2010 and several new tracks including "Rock Radio" and "Dance MF" Toque Profundo Toque Profundo, sometimes referred to as Toque, or TP, is a rock group from the