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

Gazpacho andaluz recipe, Andalusia's cold tomato soup
This gazpacho recipe turns the last ripe field tomatoes of summer into Andalusia's classic chilled soup, blended raw and finished with sherry vinegar and olive oil.

Pomme du Limousin opens harvest as orchards shrink
Growers began picking Pomme du Limousin apples on September 7, in a Haute-Vienne region that has lost more than half its protected orchards in twenty years.

Ansolence opens with Tokyo's one-star Manowa chef
Chef Lin Hongson leaves the one-star kitchen at Restaurant Manowa to open his own 14-seat address in Tokyo's Kami-Osaki district this September.

Markus Stöckle opens Marküs in a 700-year-old Zurich house
The chef behind ROSI returns with a tasting menu built on fermentation and ETH Zurich research, inside a building where Goethe once stayed.

Tagliatelle ai porcini recipe for peak mushroom season
Amuse Kitchen's version of Italy's classic autumn pasta, built on a technique that keeps fresh porcini firm instead of watery.

Daniel Humm opens Humm in Manhattan's West Village
After 25 years at Eleven Madison Park, Humm is opening a wood-fired, weeknight-friendly restaurant of his own on Hudson Street in the West Village.

Arabica coffee prices hit a six-month high
A slow Brazilian harvest and patchy Colombian exports squeezed arabica supply through August, pushing prices to their highest level in six months.

Hokkien House opens with modern Fujian food in Hong Kong
Chef Levi You, winner of the first Michelin Fujian Young Chef Award, has opened his debut solo restaurant on the top floor of H Queen's in Central.

Pepper Lunch Troy Hooper steps down as US chief
The teppanyaki chain's American growth architect moves to a strategic advisory role on 25 September, with parent-company chief Yugo Tago taking over.

Valence en Gastronomie Festival returns for 11th edition
The Drôme department's food festival runs 10 to 13 September 2026 on Valence's Champ de Mars, with Michelin-starred chefs, wine pairings and roughly 50,000 visitors expected.

Chianti Classico Expo brings 64 wineries to Greve
The 54th Expo Chianti Classico fills Greve's main square through 13 September, pouring Sangiovese from every corner of the zone just as the harvest gets under way in the surrounding hills.

World's 50 Best Bars heads to Milan for the first time
The global ranking lands in Italy on 7 October, at the Palazzo del Ghiaccio, as regional lists from Asia and North America already point to this year's favourites.
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