Ettore boiardi biography samples
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Emilian immigrant who founded canned pasta brand
| Boiardi wowed diners with his signature pasta sauce |
Boiardi, whose culinary skills first gained popularity when he was working in the kitchens of the iconic Plaza Hotel in New York, hit upon the idea of selling cook-at-home Italian food after opening his first restaurant while still in his 20s.
He and his brother, Paolo, built a company that employed 5,000 personal and filled 250,000 cans per day at its peak, making the Chef Boyardee brand a familiar sight in grocery stores across America.
They eventually sold the business for $6 million dollars in 1948 but the Chef Boyardee brand never went away. Today, Chef Boyardee products, which still carry Ettore Boiardi’s image on their packaging, are made and marketed b
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Chef Boy-ar-dee
I thought today we would spice things up with one of more interesting (I think) Cleveland stories of all time. It is the true story of Chef Hector (Ettore) Boiardi. You know the chap whose face still peers at you from the Chef Boyardee can as you dig into a hot bowl of ravioli. His good looking image is below.
This photo provided courtesy of the Cleveland Press Archives.
The good chef was born in Italy, I believe in 1897, and at the age of 16 found his way to New York City. He quickly became a chef at the Ritz Carlton in New York and worked at The Greenbrier in West Virginia as well. His culinary talents were legendary. Chef Boiardi accepted the job as head chef at the Hotel Winton in 1917 which happened to be a popular hotel in Cleveland. This magnificent hotel was located at 1012 Prospect Avenue. The Hotel Winton was a well-know hotel on a national level and held one of the first radio programs that was broadcast out of the Hotel’s famous Rainbow Room featurin
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Ettore Boiardi facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Ettore Boiardi | |
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Ettore Boiardi as shown in a 1953 television commercial | |
| Born | (1897-10-22)October 22, 1897 Piacenza, 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(s) | Helen J. Boiardi (m. 1921) |
| 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
Boiardi was born in Piacenza, Italy, 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 Bianca", although his duties were confined to non-cooking odd jobs such as potato peeling and dealing with the