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
Andrew Wong builds a new menu around Chinese food textures
A. Wong's Collections of China tasting menu, launching this month in Pimlico after a two-month refit, organises courses by mouthfeel rather than region or ingredient.
Piccolina opens a ninth Melbourne gelateria on Bourke Street
The new Piccolina Bourke Street store adds a gold-rush-themed fit-out and an eight-metre hand-painted glass menu board to the chain's ninth Melbourne site.
Taco Bell opens its first public restaurant in Germany
After nine years confined to US military bases, Taco Bell opens a franchise restaurant on Cologne's Hohenzollernring on October 3, with Berlin and Stuttgart lined up next.
Devoción will give 1% of bag sales to farmers and Bronx youth
The New York roaster's new Impact Fund splits a 1% cut of retail sales between Colombian coffee producers, job training in the South Bronx and native tree planting.
Most expensive wines 2026: Leroy Musigny leads at $61,596
Wine-Searcher's annual top ten is Burgundy in nine places out of ten. Leroy's Musigny rose 31.1% in a year, and one bottle of each wine now adds up to $228,588.
Adam Byatt closes Bistro Union after 15 years in Clapham
The Abbeville Road neighbourhood restaurant has shut with no reason given beyond a short note thanking regulars, as Byatt focuses on five other London sites.
Nomad London names Josh Harnden and Carlo Scotto to its kitchens
A former Eleven Madison Park culinary director takes the global role, while a chef trained under Gordon Ramsay and Angela Hartnett runs the Covent Garden pass.
Gopal's Corner opens its first site outside London
The Malaysian Tamil quick-service brand takes roti canai and mee goreng mamak to Birmingham's Bullring on 12 October, its seventh site overall.
James Beard Awards 2027 open call begins accepting entries
Submissions run until 30 November, with semifinalists due in late January, three years after a sushi chef's historic win showed how far the category had opened up.
China's farmed caviar now supplies 60% of the world market
A single facility on the Yangtze ships more than 10,000 tins a day to over 20 countries, and producers say it is taking pressure off wild sturgeon.
McDonald's stock falls to a four-year low on inflation warning
Shares are down more than 11% in September, the chain's sixth negative month in seven, after CEO Chris Kempczinski told investors flat traffic is here to stay.
Bubala opens a fourth London site on Garrick Street
The vegetarian, Middle Eastern-leaning group adds a 122-seat Covent Garden restaurant on 19 October, its largest dining room since its 2018 pop-up days.
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