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
Milena Floyd becomes CEO of Creative Restaurant Group
Floyd rises from head of operations to chief executive in three years, as the London group prepares to open its fourth restaurant, Endo, in Chelsea.
Ivory Coast holds cocoa price at 57% discount for new season
Farmers in the world's top cocoa producer will earn 1,200 CFA francs a kilo for the 2026/27 crop, the same discounted rate set in March and 57% below last year's record.
KID Soho opens with Sertaç Dirik's Anatolian menu
Restaurateur David Carter and chef Sertaç Dirik open their Frith Street restaurant this month, trading Dirik's family ocakbaşı for the dishes of his parents' Central Anatolia.
Roasted figs recipe: honey, walnuts and mascarpone
A simple early-autumn dessert that concentrates ripe figs into something closer to jam at the edges, while the flesh underneath stays soft.
Hope & Sesame named Asia's Best Bar, a first for China
The Guangzhou cocktail bar ends Hong Kong's Bar Leone two-year reign, as mainland China lands a record seven spots on the 2026 list.
CHEF:IN Awards Hamburg spotlights women in fine dining
A new ceremony built only for women chefs hands Julia A. Leitner and Sarah Hallmann of Hallmann & Klee its first chef-of-the-year title.
Sushiro opens in New York with $5 sushi and no tipping
Japan's biggest conveyor-belt sushi chain trades 331 stores across Asia for a three-floor space in Times Square, with $5 plates and no tip line.
Bun cha recipe: Hanoi's grilled pork and noodles
London-based cookbook author Uyen Luu's version of Hanoi's best-known lunch, with charred pork swimming in a warm, sour-sweet dipping sauce.
Brazil coffee exports jump 43% as arabica prices climb
August shipments hit 3.8 million bags and $1.2 billion in revenue, even as Brazil's year-to-date exports still trail 2025's pace.
Rosewood Hong Kong holds the No. 1 spot in The 50 Best Hotels
Rosewood Hong Kong topped The 50 Best Hotels 2026 for a second straight year, as the full list revealed Asia's dominance and Paris hosted the awards for the first time under the group's new name.
AI reservation agents push Resy into a crackdown
A venture capitalist's Resy account was deactivated after his automated assistant hit the platform with roughly 200 booking requests an hour trying to land a table.
Napa and Sonoma harvest comes in early and light
California's North Coast picked its earliest grapes in four decades this year, with Napa Sauvignon Blanc prices spiking and Pinot Noir yields down by more than half.
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