time-less-image.typepad.com — The real chef for our family, Ettore (Hector) Boiardi, arrived at Ellis Island at the age of 16 . He later became the head chef at the Plaza Hotel in New York. In 1915, he supervised the catering for the reception of President Woodrow Wilson's second marriage. In 1928 he set his sights on selling his product nationally, touting the low cost of his