Chef Boyardee is an American brand of canned pasta products owned by Hometown Food Company.[1] The company was founded by Italian immigrant Ettore Boiardi in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1928.[2][3]
History
In 1924, after leaving his position as head chef at the Plaza Hotel in New York City, Ettore Boiardi opened a restaurant called Il Giardino d'Italia ("The Garden of Italy")[4] at East 9th Street and Woodland Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio.[5] The idea for Chef Boiardi came about when restaurant customers began asking Boiardi for his spaghetti sauce, which he began to distribute in milk bottles.