Shewry got his Melbourne restaurant to number 53 on the San Pellegrino Best Restaurants in the World list (now at 63). An avid tweeter and forager, Shewry is a big global player (even if the spotlight doesn't shine on him as much in Oz).

Last year Subway overtook McDonald's as the world's biggest fast food chain. As regional director for Subway Systems Australia, Tap has helped the company grow to over 1200 stores in Oz (which is why you can't walk down the street without smelling those cookies).

One for the hipster crowd, Rashid is owner and creator of Melbourne's Beatbox Burger and Taco Truck. Food trucks have been setting social media alight in the past few years and Rashid was the first to make it cool in Oz. Sydney mayor Clover Moore even put out a tender to encourage food truck licensees after they proved so popular in Melbourne.

O’Brien started as a night stacker at Purity Supermarkets (part of Woolies) in Tassie while working in the daytime as an accountant at the store. He’s been there for over 25 years in a variety of departments and was an unknown quantity to outsiders before he was announced as CEO last year.

O’Brien started as a night stacker at Purity Supermarkets (part of Woolies) in Tassie while working in the daytime as an accountant at the store. He’s been there for over 25 years in a variety of departments and was an unknown quantity to outsiders before he was announced as CEO last year.

Restaurant reviewer for The Australian, we’re envious of his time spent travelling the country in search of the next best feed. He was a reviewer at Gourmet Traveller from 1998-2009, and a reviewer and editor at The Age's Epicure and Good Food Guide before he took his knife and fork to The Oz.

Kwong demystified Chinese cooking for an apprehensive Australian audience. Her recently released Simple Chinese Cooking Class is a follow-up to her Simple Chinese Cooking, a staple for many. These days she's nearly as well-known for her push to sustainable and local organic produce (catch her every Saturday working the Billy Kwong stall at Eveleigh Farmers Market).

Hudson was last year appointed the general manager of food and wine content of Fairfax's Media Metro Division. Editors of all the Good Food Guides, Epicure, Good Living and Cuisine.com.au report to her. Already she's making changes with planned revamps to much-loved Epicure and Good Living.

Creator of the infamous Snow Egg dessert. His restaurant Quay has been the number one ranked Australian restaurant in the top 50 best restaurants of the world list for the last three years (it’s currently sitting at no.29).

As publishing director of Lantern (an imprint of Penguin publishing that focuses mainly on food, lifestyle and travel books) Gibbs publishes some of Australia's most well-known chefs and food writers. She got her big career break publishing The Cook's Companion, and her authors menu includes Kylie Kwong, Maggie Beer, Stephanie Alexander and Christine Mansfield.