Proper noun
A surname from Italian.
Ellipsis of Chef Boyardee. A brand of prepackaged food, mostly canned read-to-reheat pasta products, now manufactured by ConAgra Foods.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgWell, yeah. You said you wanted Italian. See. Chef Boyardee. He makes one the best stuff. (Tabitha) Sherrilyn Kenyon
I did all the Chef Boyardee commercials, in America, when I was young. Jane Seymour