My name is Frank Almeida, and I’m the founder of AsadoAdventure, a boutique culinary tour company based in Buenos Aires. I was born in Chicago and moved to Argentina in 1999. After living through the 2001 financial crisis firsthand, my wife and I launched Argentina’s first premium cookie brand in 2002. We built it into a nationally recognized gourmet company and sold it in 2015. Soon after, I founded AsadoAdventure.
For more than a decade, I’ve been designing and leading immersive food and neighborhood experiences in Buenos Aires. My tours combine culinary storytelling, street art, immigration history, political context, and Argentine grilling culture. I guide guests through Palermo’s layered past, Avenida Corrientes’ pizza institutions, and the ritual of the asado in my own home. My focus is always on connecting visitors with the deeper cultural story behind the food.
In addition to hosting in-person experiences, I created a self-guided audio tour on VoiceMap that is one of the most popular audio tours in Buenos Aires on the platform. The audio format allows independent travelers to explore the neighborhood at their own pace while still benefiting from the same research, historical context, and local insight that I bring to my live tours. It is built from years of guiding, refining stories, and answering real traveler questions.
I work closely with local butchers, winemakers, brewers, and artists, and I continue researching the neighborhoods I guide in. My work is rooted in lived experience and long-term commitment to Buenos Aires.