Boyardee biography
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The US President The OG Chef Boyardee Cooked For
In 1914, the man whose face would eventually iconically grace the bright red label on cans of meals like Spaghetti & Meatballs and Beefaroni landed on Ellis Island. At 17 years old, Italian-born Ettore "Hector" Boiardi, who became known as ledare Boyardee, migrated to the United States and began cooking at the Plaza Hotel in New York City. Already armed with about six years of restaurant experience, Boiardi quickly advanced and became head chef at Barbetta on 46th Street. Then, he secured a summer job cooking at Greenbrier Resort in West Virginia, where his skills landed him the opportunity to lead the catering for President Woodrow Wilson's wedding reception for his second marriage in 1915.
In her book "Delicious Memories," Boiardi's great-niece Anna Boiardi writes that the reception for Wilson's wedding to Edith Bolling Galt was held at Greenbrier, and a brief article in the New York Times announcing Boiardi's death says the sam
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BOIARDI, HECTOR
BOIARDI, HECTOR (1897-21 June 1985), known to millions as Chef Boy-ar-dee, began as a local restaurateur. Boiardi, son of Joseph and Mary (Maffi) Boiardi, began cooking in Italy at 10. He left for New York about 1914 to work at the Ritz Carlton. He came to Cleveland 3 years later as chef at the Hotel Winton, where his spaghetti dinners became the talk of the Midwest. Boiardi married Helen Wroblewski on 7 April 1923. In 1924 they opened their first restaurant, the Giardino d'Italia. By 1928 their dine-in and carry-out operation required factory production, and their products were sold in stores over an expanding geographic area, prompting the name change to the phonetic Chef Boy-ar-dee, with the chef's picture as the trademark.
Producing tasty and inexpensive meals, the Boiardi company prospered in the Depression. To be close to tomato fields, Boiardi moved the company to Milton, Pa.. During WORLD WAR II Boiardi developed field rations for the armed services.
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Ettore Boiardi
Italian-American chef (1897–1985)
Ettore Boiardi | |
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Ettore Boiardi as shown in a 1953 television commercial | |
| Born | (1897-10-22)October 22, 1897 Borgonovo Val Tidone, Emilia, Italy |
| Died | June 21, 1985(1985-06-21) (aged 87) Parma, Ohio, U.S. |
| Resting place | All Souls Cemetery, Chardon, Ohio, U.S. |
| Nationality | Italian American |
| Occupation | Chef |
| Known for | Chef Boyardee foods, head chef of Plaza hotel |
| Spouse | Helen J. Wroblewski (m. 1923) |
| Children | 1 |
Ettore Boiardi (October 22, 1897 – June 21, 1985), also known by the Anglicized name Hector Boyardee, was an Italian-Americanchef, famous for his eponymous brand of food products, named Chef Boyardee.
Early life
[edit]Ettore Boiardi was born in Borgonovo Val Tidone, Italy, near Piacenza, in 1897, to Giuseppe and Maria Maffi Boiardi. At the age of 11, he was working as an apprentice chef at local restaurant La Croce Bi