The president that Chef Boyardee fixed dinner for was President Woodrow Wilson for his second wedding reception in 1915.
Chef Boyardee was the head chef at the Greenbrier Hotel in West Virginia, where he oversaw the event.
Chef Boyardees cooking impressed Woodrow Wilson who then later asked him to prepare a dinner for 2,000 solders that were returning from World War I.
As a result of the success of those events it led to the creation and startup of the Chef Boyardee brand.
Soldiers also ate Chef Boyardee during World War II.
During World War II Chef Boyardee was a key part of soldiers rations.
The founder of Chef Boyardee, Hector Boiardi was also a key player in the war effort.
The U.S. military also commissioned the Boiardi company to produce army rations and the company also became the largest supplier or rations to the U.S. and Allied forces.
The Milton, Pennsylvania Chef Boyardee plant operated 24 hours a day to keep up with the production demands and at it's peak demands the company had employed around 5,000 workers and produced 250,000 cans per day and the family also grew their own mushrooms in the plant.
The ethnicity of Chef Boyardee was Italian American.
Chef Boyardee was Italian American and was born Ettore Boiardi in Placenza, Italy in the year 1897.
Chef Boyardee arrived at Ellis Island in 1914 on the French ship La Lorraine and worked in the kitchens of the Plaza Hotel and the Ritz Carlton in New York City.
Chef Boyardee founded the Chef Boyardee company in the year 1928 with his brothers in Milton Pennsylvania.
Chef Boyardee changed his name from Hector Boiardi because many people had difficulty in pronouncing his Italian surname so he opted for the phonetic spelling which was easier for Americans to say essentially he anglicized his name to make it more marketable.
The main reason for the name change of Hector Boiardi is because customers and salespeople struggled with pronouncing the Boiardi name correctly.
Chef Boyardee known by his real name of Hector Boiardi passed away at the age of 87 in 1985.
Chef Boyardee canned pastas do still exist and is made by ConAgra Foods.
Chef Boyardee is a very popular brand of canned pasta and still features Chef Hector Boiardi on the label.
The Chef Boyardee pasta can be found in many grocery stores including Walmart.
The Chef Boyardee pasta brand was owned by American Home Foods and was eventually acquired by the conglomerate ConAgra Foods, which still owns the Chef Boy-Ar-Dee brand today.
Hector Boiardi remained on as a consultant and the face of canned pasta until 1978.
Hector Boiardi died at the age of 87 in 1985.
From the unique ravioli presses to the fresh tomatoes, Hector Boiardi's commitment to quality led to pasta dishes that were beloved across the country.
Whether it's the Chef Boyardee Beefaroni or Chef Boyardee Mini Ravioli, today's Chef Boyardee pastas remain as popular with parents and kids as they were in Hector's day.
The Chef Boyardee pastas crafted today with no artificial flavors, no artificial colors and no preservatives would make Hector proud.
I buy and eat chef Boyardees pasta and it's found widely at Walmart but many other grocery stores also carry it.
Chef Boyardee pastas are one of my favorite canned pastas.