Partner of Jill Dupleix and restaurant reviewer at The Sydney Morning Herald, the pair combined are Australia’s true food power couple. Their opinion absolutely matters to anyone in food, a food media consultant told The Power Index. He's the tough restaurant critic, she's the recipe and food trend author.

Dupliex was cooking editor at the Sydney Morning Herald before crossing over to the UK to be the cooking editor at The Times. She's written 14 cook books -- the Simple range being her signature -- and freelances for a pantry full of publications across the globe.

The Melbourne boy from the big Greek family has become a media star, with his spot on MasterChef helping bring more customers through the door of his restaurant empire. Audiences love (or love to hate) his mannerisms, but has he reached saturation point?

With her charming demeanour and constant spruiking of verjuice, the crowd erupts whenever Maggie appears, from her guest judging on MasterChef to her enduring love of the Barossa Valley, where she calls home.

The money man behind many of the country's top restaurants, Bartholomew is a strong financial backer in the Spanish-loving MoVida group (which includes several restaurants in Melbourne and a new bakery opening in Sydney) and helped top Sydney chef Mark Best move into the Melbourne market with Pei Modern.

Philanthropic punter David Walsh is battling to keep his millions. So what happens to his celebrated Museum of Old and New Art if he goes down?

Aussies spend more time talking about food and watching cooking programs than we do eating. Flavours from all over the world combine to impact our health, political and cultural habits. But who decides what's on Australia's plates? Next week we're kicking off a new list looking at all things food.

The government has again used FOI exemptions to block scrutiny of its handling of the Julian Assange case, including redacting material already publicly available.