Where does the name Benedict come from as in Eggs Benedict?

Answer 1

Benedict Arnold

Answer 2

The origin of this dish isn't completely certain. One account claims that it was created in the late 1880s for financier LeGrand Benedict (or his wife) by Charles Ranhofer, the chef of Delmonico's restaurant in New York City after one of the Benedicts complained there was nothing new on the menu.

Answer 3

There origin of the dish is not known with certainty. Two different accounts seem to have some support in the historical record.

One account claims that the dish was created in the late 1880s for financier LeGrand Benedict or his wife, by Charles Ranhofer, the chef of Delmonico's restaurant in New York City after one of the Benedicts complained there was nothing new on the menu. The Epicurean, Ranhofer's comprehensive 1894 cookbook, covering thirty years' worth of Delmonico's fare, contains a recipe for an essentially identical dish under the name of "Eggs à la Benedick."

Other sources state it was the result of an order placed by stockbroker Lemuel Benedict one morning in 1894 at the Waldorf Hotel when he had a hangover. Benedict claimed in an interview in The New Yorker shortly before his death that his order of dry toast, crisp bacon, poached eggs and a side of hollandaise sauce had been noted, usurped and warped by Oscar Tschirky, maître d'hôtel there. Oscar substituted English muffins and Canadian bacon, and added truffles.

The dish is not named after Benedict Arnold, despite the coincidence of name and that he was "English underneath