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
Australia's food delivery minimum wage turns four weeks old
Uber Eats and DoorDash predicted price shocks of up to 300 percent. A month into Australia's new pay floor for 250,000 riders, neither has happened yet.
Arroz de pato recipe, Braga's oven-baked duck rice
Northern Portugal's Easter classic, made the house way: one duck supplies the meat, the fat and the stock, and chouriço crisps the top in the oven.
What to eat in Oaxaca: 10 dishes and where to find them
Levadura de Olla and Los Danzantes both hold Michelin stars, but the real education starts at a market comal. This is where Oaxaca eats, from tejate at 15 pesos to a mole that took three days to cook.
Burgundy’s earliest harvest in nearly 500 years
Grand cru Montrachet started picking on 13 August, the region’s earliest date in nearly 500 years, as France’s overall 2026 wine crop falls to its smallest since 1957.
Beefbar opens a London flagship at Broadwick Soho
The Monaco-founded steakhouse group takes over Dear Jackie's Broadwick Soho space with Kobe and Wagyu cuts, plus two dishes made only for London.
Pernod Ricard fiscal 2026 sales fall nearly 4%
The spirits group's organic net sales dropped nearly 4% worldwide and 14% in the US for the year to June 2026, with CEO Alexandre Ricard naming ready-to-drink cocktails a growth priority.
CHEF:IN Awards debut in Hamburg with seven categories
Germany's first all-women fine-dining awards hold their opening ceremony tonight at Foodlab Hamburg, naming 2026 winners across seven categories from the kitchen to the bar.
Michelin Guide Southwest debuts with four Las Vegas stars
The inaugural Southwest selection ends a 17-year Michelin gap in Las Vegas, crowning Joël Robuchon with two stars and three more Strip kitchens with one each.
CDC declares cyclospora outbreak over after 12,883 cases
According to the agency, the outbreak linked to Taylor Farms iceberg lettuce caused illness across 21 states, including at least 570 hospitalisations and two deaths, before it ended.
Champagne gets a 15 percent alcohol limit for 2026
After the region's earliest harvest on record left grapes unusually rich in sugar, French authorities raised Champagne's alcohol ceiling from its usual 13 percent.
The Taste season 15 has its coaches cook first
Germany's blind-tasting show returns October 21 with an anniversary twist: its four coaches cook the season 15 premiere themselves, turning street food into contest bites.
Guanajuato wine region wins Mexico's top wine prize
Cuna de Tierra's Gran Pago Ricardo Vega 2021 takes Best Mexican Wine as Guanajuato collects 52 international medals and opens a 16-festival harvest season through October.
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