Elliott Wright is selling his flagship restaurant Olivia’s La Cala as he plans to return to the UK.
The 45-year-old, who shot to fame on the reality TV show TOWIE, said he is putting the huge site up for auction, with bids starting at €7.5million.
The Essex native said he wants to be near his older children, Elliott Jr, 18 and Olivia, 16, who he said do not want to take over the restaurant business.
Elliott shares three other children with Sadie Wright, whom he married in 2017.
Bidding is set to open on December 5, with the sale including the freehold beachfront property, the trading business, and the Olivia’s La Cala brand and trademark.
Announcing the news in a video, Elliott said: ‘’Hi everybody, I just wanna do a short reel just to explain that what’s in the news today is true. I am selling my beautiful restaurant Olivia’s. It’s been an amazing 10 years…
‘I’ve loved every minute of it. We’ve got some fantastic memories we’ll take forever with us but I’m a family man, and, I’ve got 3 beautiful children with Sadie. Dolly who come along this year and I’ve got two elder children Olivia and Elliott.’
Elliott continued: ‘I always assumed that their dreams would align with mine and they would take over the restaurant, but that’s not the case. Elliott’s been working on and off in the city for the last two years and wants to pursue that career…
‘Olivia passed her GCSEs this year and she wants to carry that same path as Elliott, so it’s something me and Sadie have been talking about for the last 2 years, and we’ve decided we need to all be together…
‘So we’re moving on. It’s a bold new chapter for us. And yeah, whoever is going to be the new custodian of Olivia’s, you know, wish him all the luck in the world. It’s been a great business for me for 10 years…
‘It’s got massive growth over the next 2 years. There’s potential to get to the beach soon. So I hope whoever takes it can take it on another level and do justice to it…
‘Yeah, I’ve loved it. It’s been an amazing, amazing time. Lots of great memories. We’re selling it via Bromley’s Estates. It’s one of the biggest estate agents down here.
“We’re doing an auction process for it. I think that’s the easiest way for us and yeah, like I say, by next season there’ll be a new owner…
‘This will be my last Christmas and New Year here. It’s just, it’s been fantastic. I don’t know who these owners could be…
‘As I say, time will tell. I’ve had people before come in and want to buy us a house. What a house it will be. It’s huge, over 9,000 square feet, the build size, or just under the build size is here, so who knows what it will be…
‘It’s not for me to decide. I’ve decided I want to move to the UK, new business venture. I want to be around all my children and turn the page. It’s been 10 years. It’s been emotional. I’ve loved every second of it…
‘I love Le Cala de Mijas. We’re going to holiday here all the time, so I’m not leaving. I’m always going to be here. It’s always going to have a special place in my heart, but that is the situation, so what you see in the papers is true…
‘I’ve had a few people say, is it true, so I’m putting it out there, it is. That’s the situation, and I look forward to my. New chapter with the children and the kids and Sadie in the UK.’
Olivia’s has had its challenges, including a devastating arson attack in 2021 which left the eatery completely gutted.
Elliott branded the people responsible as ‘scumbags’, but vowed to rebuild and reopen, which he did.
In 2023, father-of-two Jose Rafael Pisano Pardo, from Venezuela, was killed after suffering life-threatening injuries while breaking up a brawl at Olivia’s La Cala.
The 55-year-old was knocked unconscious before later dying at a hospital in Malaga.
