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TIL Chef Boyardee was founded by restaurant owner Hector Boiardi in 1928. The idea originated when customers began asking Boiardi for his spaghetti sauce recipe. Ten years later he opened a factory and named his product “Boy-Ar-Dee” to help Americans pronounce his name correctly.

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