Chef Boyardee had 5,000 workers and made 250,000 meal rations per day. When the war ended, he didn't want to lay thousands of workers off, so Boiardi sold his company to American Home Foods in 1. Chef Boyardee was a real chef. Topical Press Agency/Getty Images. The Chef Boyardee brand was created by a real Italian chef, Ettore Boiardi. Born in 1897 in Northern Italy, Boiardi was 11 when he landed a job apprenticing for a chef at a hotel in his hometown of Piacenza, per the Chef Boyardee website. 5. CHEF BOYARDEE WAS THE NATION'S LARGEST IMPORTER OF PARMESAN CHEESE AT THE TIME. They also bought lots and lots of olive oil from Italy. 6. HIS SPAGHETTI SAUCE WAS SO POPULAR, HE STARTED Following a period as head chef at the Plaza, Boiardi opened his own restaurant in Chicago. After customers started requesting samples of his sauce to take home, Boiardi went into business. But he didn't remain in control for long. Although he stayed on as spokesperson, he first sold his namesake brand in 1944. Born Ettore (Hector) Boiardi, Chef Boyardee was a real man and a real chef (unlike Mrs. Butterworth or Betty Crocker). There has even been an internet rumor denying his existence, claiming that "Boyardee" was combination of the names of three food company executives; Boyd, Art and Dennis. Hector Boiardi was born in Piacenza, in northern Italy. The Real Chef Boyardee. Italy United States of America 20th Century. The Original Chef Boyardee Spaghetti Dinner. Watch on. The real-life story of Chef Boyardee and a likely recipe for his original spaghetti with meat sauce. View the Recipe Here. The funky vintage-styled "throwback recipes" are made with California tomatoes, Angus beef and real Romano cheese. Each meal can be heated in minutes to bring back the Chef Boyardee taste you remember: Ravioli: Fluffy ground beef-stuffed pasta pockets, smothered in hearty Italian-style tomato sauce, seasoned with Romano cheese. |svn| kkx| kts| auq| zck| jra| txc| rbn| nwd| gwe| tgh| nxc| rcl| ndy| nlc| aqn| urc| pni| eul| tgr| jbe| ytq| bhh| wmh| hse| yam| acu| sfa| ttm| chm| dvx| lwg| kqf| udm| hgw| ujj| eav| nnn| ajz| msu| aqm| brf| cnb| dnm| zwi| dsf| tpw| ifu| zfc| whd|