For the Kids: Foodie Fun Facts on a Friday- Chef Boyardee was a Real Chef

According to the Chef Boyardee website and files, Hector Boiardi was born in the Northwest Italian town of Piacenza in 1897, and before he was a teenager he was working as an apprentice chef at a local hotel.

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