Chef Boyardee
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| Product type | Canned pasta |
| Owner | ConAgra Foods, Inc. |
| Introduced | 1928 |
| Website | www.chefboyardee.com |
Chef Boyardee (Formerly Chef Boy-Ar-Dee and also Boyardee Foods) is a brand of canned pasta products sold internationally by ConAgra Foods. The company was founded by Italian immigrant Ettore "Hector" Boiardi to Cleveland Ohio U.S.A. [1] in 1928. [2]
History [edit]
In 1924, Boiardi opened Il Giardino d'Italia restaurant[3] at East 9th Street and Woodland Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio.[4] The idea for Chef Boyardee came about when restaurant customers began asking Boiardi for his recipe and his ingredients.[3] He opened a factory in 1928, moving production to Milton, Pennsylvania ten years later, where enough tomatoes and mushrooms could be grown.[2] He decided to name his product "Boy-Ar-Dee" to help Americans pronounce his name.[3]
The U.S. military commissioned them for WW2 army rations requiring the factory to run 24/7. [2] To keep everyone working, the company was sold to American Home Products in 1946. [2] American Home Products turned its food division into International Home Foods in 1996. Four years later, International Home Foods was purchased by ConAgra Foods, which continues to produce Chef Boyardee canned pastas bearing Boiardi's likeness.[5]
References [edit]
- ^ "Quick Meals for Dinner with Chef's Canned Foods". ConAgra Foods, Inc. (Chef Boyardee). Retrieved 28 April 2013.
- ^ a b c d "real". Retrieved 28 April 2013.
- ^ a b c Abraham, Lisa (29 November 2011). "Your favorite food icons: Fact or fiction?". The Tribune-Review. Pittsburgh. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
- ^ "Giardino". Retrieved 28 April 2013.
- ^ "history". Retrieved 28 April 2013.
External links [edit]
- Official site
- Hector Boiardi (Encyclopedia of Cleveland History)
- Gallery of classic graphic design featuring Chef Boyardee
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