Jesús Martínez
Jesús Martínez is the editor of AMUSE. and covers restaurants, chefs and the business of hospitality. As editor, Jesús answers for everything published on the platform.
Stories by Jesús Martínez
Norwegian Hotel Tops World's Best Wine Lists Awards
Park Hotel Vossevangen, in the Norwegian town of Voss, wins Wine List of the Year plus two more category prizes at the World's Best Wine Lists Awards 2026 in London.
Imad Alarnab opens second Imad's Syrian Kitchen in Shoreditch
The Syrian chef's third London venue opens at British Land's Norton Folgate scheme in Shoreditch, minutes from where he once ran pop-up dinners.
Gambero Rosso calls Pane di Altamura overrated
Editor Sonia Ricci bought three loaves and called the texture disappointing. Fifteen bakers, the DOP consortium and a 2007 university study disagree.
Michelle Bernstein closes Sra. Martinez in Coral Gables
The Spanish restaurant she revived on Galiano Street in late 2024 serves its last dinner on 26 September. The couple behind it keep the space and have not said what comes next.
Greek olive oil prices fall by half as harvest begins
Extra virgin oil trades at €3.90 to €4.20 a kilo at origin, against €9.50 at the peak. Growers say their costs have not followed, and Spain still sets the price.
Quince tart recipe, the slow-poached way
Amuse Kitchen poaches quince slowly until it turns rose-pink, then bakes it into a French-style almond tart for the last hard fruit of the autumn.
Saint-Sardos AOC makes no wine for the first time
The Gascony appellation's cooperative has stopped vinifying and its last independent grower has switched to table wine, ending a run that began in 2011.
What to eat in Paris: 10 dishes and where to find them
A prize-winning baguette in the 14th, onion soup at 3am in Les Halles, steak au poivre in the 11th and a dozen oysters in Saint-Germain: ten dishes, ten addresses and what they cost.
Michelin Guide Tianjin: first selection due by end of October
The port city will be reviewed for the first time and revealed alongside Beijing at a joint ceremony in Tianjin. No restaurant names have been released yet.
Christopher's Covent Garden to close after 35 years
The American restaurant and Martini Bar leaves its Grade II listed home on Wellington Street a year after a refurbishment. Its owners say they will relocate.
Costa Rica and Ghana debut on the 50 Best Bars list
The 51-100 extended list for 2026 adds 13 new bars across 10 cities, giving San José and Accra their first-ever places ahead of October's main ceremony in Milan.
Pavilion at Viña VIK is Chile's lone pick on a hotel list
Travel + Leisure narrowed 120 hotel dining rooms from 17 countries to 25, and Pavilion, chef Pablo Cáceres's wine-paired tasting menu in the Cachapoal Valley, was Chile's only entry.
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