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

Expoalimentaria 2026 opens in Lima with coca beer on the shelf
Peru's biggest food trade fair runs 23 to 25 September at the Jockey Exhibition Centre, with more than 700 exhibitors and an innovation contest that ranges from mango-passion fruit chocolate to a prebiotic mint drink.

Wisconsin cheesemakers name their 2026 impact winners
The state's cheese trade body honours four companies today in Madison for retention, carbon targets, advocacy and food donations, not for the cheese itself.

Michelin Guide Toronto 2026 holds its stars steady
No restaurant gained a star in the fifth Toronto and Region selection. Pearl Morissette keeps two; fourteen restaurants keep one.

Chi Spacca Singapore takes Osteria Mozza's old room
Nancy Silverton's Los Angeles grill house opens at the end of October in the Hilton Singapore Orchard dining room Osteria Mozza vacated, on a residency that ends after twelve months.

Michelin Guide South Australia sets 14 October ceremony
Australia's first Michelin restaurant selection will be read out at the Adelaide Convention Centre on 14 October, covering the city, the Barossa, McLaren Vale and the Adelaide Hills.

A Veracruz café wins Latin America's top coffee title
Café Baluarte beat entries from ten other countries at the Global Coffee Awards Latin America, adding two more gold medals for its flat whites.

Michelin Guide Toronto 2026 lands tonight at Liberty Grand
The fifth Toronto edition is read out this evening, with one two-star kitchen to beat and a region that now stretches to Mississauga and Niagara.

What to eat in Osaka: 10 dishes and where to find them
Takoyaki standing up in Namba, kushikatsu in Shinsekai and a bowl of kitsune udon in a room open since 1893: the city's cooking, dish by dish, with prices.

What to eat in Chengdu: 10 dishes and where to find them
Sichuan's capital serves numbing chilli heat at every turn, from century-old mapo tofu to bubbling hotpot and teahouse ear-cleaning rituals in People's Park.

Fried plantain with scotch bonnet recipe, after Ikoyi
A home version of the buttermilk plantain that opens the tasting menu at Ikoyi in London, built around a smoky chilli emulsion and a dusting of tart raspberry.

House of Gods opens in Canary Wharf with Sacred Garden
The Edinburgh-founded hotel group's third property brings a 300-cover rooftop restaurant to Canary Wharf, its first move into London's leisure market.

MasterChef winner opens Little Beast in Manchester
Dan Merriman, who won MasterChef: The Professionals in 2024, opens a 105-cover, produce-led small plates restaurant inside the new Medlock Square development.
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