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

Berenjak brings Tehran-style grilling to Chicago
JKS Restaurants' London kebab house opens its fourth outpost inside Soho House's Fulton Market building, open to walk-ins as well as members.

Marküs opens in Zurich after Stoeckle's years at The Fat Duck
Chef Markus Stoeckle has taken over a 700-year-old address in Zurich's old town, cooking Bavarian roots through a Japanese and Spanish lens.

Milpero: Denver's only new Michelin star for 2026
Chef Johnny Curiel's eight-seat tasting counter joins Colorado's Michelin list as the sole new star, in a guide that also handed out three Bib Gourmands and four special awards.

Sonoma County's 2025 wine grape value falls 17%
The county's own crop report shows Cabernet Sauvignon losing a fifth of its value in a year, even as apples logged their best harvest since 2016.

BITE 2026 gathers global chefs for a gala in Italy
Two days at Antica Corte Ortalli mixed pizza, pastry and fine dining, ending with a 250-seat dinner built around The Best Chef Awards' international roster.

India tea exports drop 16% in the first seven months of 2026
Provisional Tea Board figures show export earnings down 13.8% even as the average price per kilo rose, with the sharpest fall in the first quarter as West Asia shipping routes were disrupted.

New York Times picks America's 50 favorite restaurants
Sixteen reporters crossed the country for an unranked list that drops last year's winners, from a Caribbean spot in Manhattan to a Portuguese kitchen in Maine.

Food & Wine names its 2026 Best New Chefs
Fourteen chefs across ten restaurants join the 38th class, unveiled at a New York party that sold public tickets for the first time in the award's history.

Brendan Pratt opens Wayfinder's dining room in Margaret River
The former Vasse Felix head chef is back in a winery kitchen, cooking lunch from a one-acre organic market garden beside an off-grid winery built into an old dam.

What to eat in Cape Town: 10 dishes and where to find them
Cape Malay bobotie in the Bo-Kaap, gatsbys in Gatesville and hake and chips at Kalk Bay: this is what to eat in Cape Town, and which counters and tasting menus deserve the booking.

Monsieur Dior Milan brings Enrico Bartolini to Montenapoleone
The fashion house's first Italian restaurant opens inside its renovated Via Monte Napoleone boutique, with €25 lunch dishes, a €150 dinner menu and Giuseppe Allegretta as resident chef.

Spain restaurant prices rise 4.4% as inflation catches up
Fuel pushed Spain's headline inflation to 4.3%, almost level with menus. Eating out still rises twice as fast as food shopping, and operators say margins are shrinking.
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