French chefs don’t do heroes by the foot, but one made an exception for Jerry Lewis, who is beloved in France and was awarded the Légion d’honneur in 2006. To salute the “King of Comedy” star’s 86th birthday on Friday, a group of high-profile Gallic fans commissioned top chef Daniel Boulud to create a gift for the him in New York. Lewis’ favorite French dish, it turns out, is “jambon-beurre,” the kind of pedestrian ham sandwich frequently found in Parisian cafés. We’re told Boulud marshaled his minions at his Épicerie Boulud market, where a boulanger baked a 3-inch baguette, and a charcutier cured special ham. “The resulting one-meter ‘sandweech’ was festooned with miniature French flags and delivered in person to Jerry at the Hotel Plaza Athenee,” said a spy. Boulud signed a card, along with fellow chefs Paul Bocuse and Joel Robuchon and former French culture minister Jacques Lang. “The French just adore Jerry,” explained Boulud, “almost as much as they love jambon-beurre.”