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
AA Rosettes 2026: Ikoyi and five others reach four
Six restaurants, Ikoyi and Hide and Fox among them, take the AA's top four-rosette grade for 2026, as no UK kitchen reaches the maximum five.
Matcha shortage pushes Uji tea prices to a record
Hand-picked Uji tencha sold for a record ¥52,086 a kilogram this year, up 20%, as Japan's matcha boom drives every grade of tea, not just the finest, to unprecedented prices.
UK hospitality insolvencies fall 24% in August
The monthly count is the lowest of the year, but the 12-month total still stands at 3,201 and the business rates revaluation arrives before operators can bank the relief.
Tilaknagar Industries buys 30% of tequila's Black Tiger
The Mumbai brandy group is paying ₹22 crore for a stake in Black Tiger Distilleries, its first move into a tequila category IWSR data puts at 60% annual growth since 2020.
Marküs earns early Michelin star talk in Zurich
Two weeks after opening in a 700-year-old Zurich building, Markus Stöckle's Marküs already has critics weighing Michelin stars for its tasting menu.
Seppelt sale hands Great Western to a Stonier-led group
Treasury Wine Estates has agreed to sell the 1851 brand, its Great Western winery and the Drumborg vineyard to buyers led by Stonier's Aaron Drummond.
Team Masakhane readies nine young chefs for Luxembourg
South Africa's junior culinary squad, drawn from Johannesburg hotel kitchens and culinary schools, will compete at the 2026 Culinary World Cup this November.
Barry Callebaut ties chocolate to dairy carbon data, not cuts
A three-year deal with Arla Foods will trace Barry Callebaut's milk powder to farm-level emissions figures, with incentive payments for farmers but no disclosed reduction target.
Côte Basque revives a 70-year Melbourne dining room
Andrew McConnell's Basque-inspired grill has opened inside the former Becco, keeping the terrazzo floor of a Crossley Street address that has held three restaurants since 1954.
Kikli Gurugram opens with Punjab's lost recipes
Chef Amninder Sandhu brings her tribute to Punjab's forgotten dishes to Gurugram, with a cow-dung-fired hara, slow-cooked dal and breads rarely seen on restaurant menus.
Lemon olive oil cake recipe for new-season oil
A two-bowl Mediterranean cake built to show off the first green oil of the year, with lemon to carry the bitterness rather than hide it.
Olive oil harvest 2026 starts early in Jaén, Spain
Green picking has begun in the world's biggest olive oil province, eight days before Andalusia publishes its first forecast for the 2026/27 campaign.
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