Chef Boyardee: Fact or Fiction

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. Was Chef Boyardee a real person? Yes No

2. Where was Chef Boiardi born? The United States Romania Hungary Italy

3. While working at West Virginia's prestigious Greenbrier Resort, Chef Boiardi supervised the catering for which president's wedding? Woodrow Wilson Warren G. Harding William H. Taft Theodore Roosevelt

4. What was the name of Chef Boiardi's first restaurant? Il Giardino d'Italia Trattoria Maccheroni Guarino's Restaurant Boiardi's

5. When customers began begging Chef Boiardi for either his spaghetti sauce recipe, or a sample to take home, what did he do? He gave out his recipe and instructed patrons how to make their own delicious sauce. He refused both the recipe and take home requests, requiring customers to come back and dine again. He founded Cleveland's first Italian cooking school. He began filling old milk bottles with his sauce and giving them to customers.

6. In 1938, Boiardi moved his factory to Milton, Pennsylvania and began to develop a national marketing strategy for his food. Why did Chef Boiardi believe his spaghetti products could be successful nationally? Italian foods were considered new and fashionable in the United States at this time. He had been so sucessful in Cleveland, why not try a national market! Spaghetti products were an inexpensive way to feed the whole family. All of these

7. Why did Chef Hector Boiardi change his name to Chef Boyardee? His investors made him change it to be more appealing to Americans. He wanted to insure that Americans could pronouce his name properly. The chef worried about being construed as a foreigner, and believed that changing his name to something less ethnic would improve sales. The name was chosen because it sounds like "Boy are these...Great!"

8. In 1946, Chef Boyardee sold his brand to American Home Foods for how much money? 2 million dollars 6 million dollars 750 thousand dollars 528 thousand dollars

9. ConAgra now owns the Chef Boyardee brand, and is still very sucessful using Hector Boiardi's image. Which one of these is NOT a product that bears his image? SpaghettiO's Chili Mac Overstuffed Beef Ravioli Nacho cheese twistaroni

10. Where is Chef Boyardee buried? Piacenza, Italy Parma, Italy Chardon, Ohio Milton, Pennsylvania