Oct. 16—When a Facebook post went up Oct. 9, the chatter ran faster than that of a busload of kids lined up to listen to a message from the Happy Chef statue. It was 60 years ago when the Frederick ...

It wasn’t vintage Leroy Jolstad for most of the first six innings, but after Happy Chef rallied for four runs in the top of the seventh, the legendary 59-year-old pitcher took the mound for the final ...

Just about anyone who’s driven Highway 169 north of Mankato in the past 40 years knows the towering Happy Chef statue. This month, the real Happy Chef will be inducted into the state Hospitality Hall ...

WATERLOO, Iowa --- First, the chef disappeared. Now this? Happy Chef restaurants in Waterloo and Cedar Falls are slated to close today, ending a nearly 40-year run in the Cedar Valley. Chuck Melby has ...

From the first Happy Chef eatery in Mankato, there followed dozens more of the family-style restaurants, sprinkled around Minnesota and elsewhere in the Midwest as far south as Kansas. That first ...

CZN Burak, or Burak Özdemir, shot to fame as the "smiling chef," winning millions of fans with his massive Middle Eastern feasts and his signature grin to the camera. Today, he's a global sensation ...