Adolfo Suaya

Entrepreneur

Birthday March 16, 1961

Birth Sign Pisces

Birthplace Argentina

Age 62 years old

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About

Argentine-American restaurateur, hotelier, actor, and former TV host of the Sun Channel shows Latin American Foodie and Foodie Trips. He owns several restaurants across Southern California, and hotels in Uruguay and Argentina.  

Before Fame

He dropped out of high school in order to pursue a career in entrepreneurship. He started his first business at 17 - a children's clothing company - and his second at age 19, a ski jacket design and manufacture business. He moved to Los Angeles in 1984 to study acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. 

Trivia

He opened his first restaurant in 1986 - Gaucho Grill, on Sunset Boulevard. Only ten years later, he had opened a chain of 12 Gaucho Grills. 

Family Life

He married Stacy Suaya, restaurant and night life editor of Rundown on LA, in 2012. Together they have one son. 

Associated With

He was a longtime friend of writer Jonathan Gold, and posted a tribute on his Instagram when Jonathan passed away in 1988.