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Chef Boyardee’s founder sold the brand for $6 million in 1946—Conagra has just sold it for $600 million to a private equity firm

Founded by an Italian immigrant, Chef Boyardee is emblematic of the American Dream. As a teenager, Hector Boiardi left Europe to become a top chef at a luxury New York hotel before going out on his ...
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Woman Takes 'Nostalgic' Trip to Chef Boyardee's Grave to Learn the Story of the Real Man Behind the Brand (Exclusive)

The character is inspired by the real chef, Ettore "Hector" Boiardi, who changed the conversation around spaghetti dinners across the U.S. less than a decade after immigrating here PEOPLE spoke with ...
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The Man, The Can: Recipes Of The Real Chef Boyardee

Unlike the friendly but fictional food faces of Betty Crocker, Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben, Chef Boyardee — that jovial, mustachioed Italian chef — is real. Ettore "Hector" Boiardi (that's how the ...
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The Man, The Can: Recipes Of The Real Chef Boyardee

Unlike the friendly but fictional food faces of Betty Crocker, Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben, Chef Boyardee — that jovial, mustachioed Italian ... The Man, The Can: Recipes Of The Real Chef Boyardee ...