How Chef Boyardee Became A Canned Food Celebrity - Chowhound

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Dorann Weber/Getty Images You've likely seen his smiling face at your local grocery store. He wears a classic chef's hat and sports a red kerchief around his neck on cans of Americanized Italian foods like mini ravioli and beefaroni. Perhaps you thought he was just a made-up mascot for the Chef Boyardee brand. But like KFC's famous Colonel Sanders, Chef…