Cesare Cardini

Hotel Caesar's, whose predecessor Cesare Cardini ran in Tijuana from 1930

Caesar Cardini (born February 24, 1896 in Italy as Cesare Cardini; † November 3, 1956 ) was an Italian-American restaurant and hotel owner and chef who was known for the invention of Caesar Salad . As a restaurant and hotel operator in California and Mexico, at the end of the 1930s he founded a company that continued to be successful after his death in 1956 with the sale of salad dressings, which continues to use the Cardini’s brand name that he has established to this day .

Life

Cesare Cardini was born near Lake Maggiore . In the 1920s, he emigrated with his two brothers Caudencio and Alessandro to North America, where they initially worked as restaurateurs in California. During the Prohibition in the USA , Cardini ran the restaurant "Caesar's Place" in Tijuana on the Mexican side of the border with the USA, in which many actors from Hollywood frequented. In 1927 he expanded the business, which moved to the newly founded "Hotel Caesar" within the city. In the mid-1930s Cardini settled in Los Angeles, where he devoted himself to selling salad dressings he had developed himself. Cesare Cardini died on November 3, 1956 of complications from a stroke.

With his wife Camille Cardini had a daughter, Rosa Maria Cardini (1928–2003), who continued the family business after his death until it was sold in 1988. According to his daughter, who was interviewed about it in the 1970s, Cesare Cardini developed the famous Caesar Salad as an improvised stopgap solution on July 4, 1924, when the restaurant experienced an unexpected rush of guests on this US holiday.

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↑ Cesar Cardini, Creator of Salad, Dies at 60 . In: Los Angeles Times , November 5, 1956. Retrieved July 21, 2007. "Since 1935 he had lived in Los Angeles and was active in the marketing of the salad dressing he concocted."
↑ Rosa Cardini . In: The Daily Telegraph , September 21, 2003. Retrieved July 21, 2007. “Rosa Cardini, who has died in California aged 75, turned the salad dressing created by her father, Caesar, into a staple of modern dining and a million -dollar business. "

personal data
SURNAME	Cardini, Cesare
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Cardini, Caesar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian-Mexican restaurant and hotel owner and cook
DATE OF BIRTH	February 24, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH	Italy
DATE OF DEATH	3rd November 1956

[obit-1] Cesar Cardini, Creator of Salad, Dies at 60 . In: Los Angeles Times , November 5, 1956. Retrieved July 21, 2007. "Since 1935 he had lived in Los Angeles and was active in the marketing of the salad dressing he concocted."

[2] Rosa Cardini . In: The Daily Telegraph , September 21, 2003. Retrieved July 21, 2007. “Rosa Cardini, who has died in California aged 75, turned the salad dressing created by her father, Caesar, into a staple of modern dining and a million -dollar business. "