Roberto Fernandez Beyro (1909–1991) was an Argentine journalist, restaurateur, and food critic who wrote a regular column in ''

La Nación ''La Nación'' () is an Argentine daily newspaper. As the country's leading conservative newspaper, ''La Nación''s main competitor is the more liberal ''Clarín (Argentine newspaper), Clarín''. It is regarded as a newspaper of record for Argen ...

'' critiquing the lack of gastronomic traditions in Argentina. He was a member of several gourmet food clubs and wrote a cookbook of simple, traditional recipes.

Biography

Roberto Antonio Fernandez Beyro Méndes Gonçalves was born on 27 October 1909 in

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− glob ...

, Argentina to Juan Antonio Fernandez Beyro and María Eugenia Méndes Gonçalves. Fernandez Beyro managed restaurants in Buenos Aires, including the Jockey Club and Plaza Hotel and then opened his own restaurant, ''Monty's'' on Calle Honduras in Buenos Aires, and a restaurant in Rio de Janeiro, which allowed him to become an expert in Brazilian gastronomy. He was also a member of both the gourmet clubs ''Epicure'' and ''The Fork Club''. He wrote a regular column in ''

'' and collaborated with Miguel Brascó, who ran ''Diners'' magazine critiquing restaurants. He often criticized the lack of an Argentine gastronomic culture, believing that its traditional dishes were a poor mixture of recipes inherited from Spain combined with South American flavors. To counter that, he wrote a book, ''Los platos de mi mesa'' (Dishes from my Table), in 1986 of simple, traditional recipes. In 1941, he fell in love with

Amelia Bence Amelia Bence (born María Amelia Batvinik; 13 November 1914 – 8 February 2016) was an Argentine film actress and one of the divas of the Golden Age of Argentine cinema during the 1930s and 1950s. Born to Belarusian Jewish immigrants, Bence b ...

, and they had a serious relationship until 1944. Bence refused to give up her career, which Fernandez Beyro insisted upon when he proposed, and she ended the relationship. He died on 5 November 1991 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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