18 Australian Food Influencers Sharing the Best Eats

Have you heard of Vegemite toast, meat pies, or fairy bread? All three are iconic Australian foods and are just some of the native culinary delights shared by the country’s most popular influencers. This list of Australian food influencers explores Aussies’ favorite eats, international recipes, and handmade sweet treats from around the world.

Check out these 18 Australian food influencers

Andy Hearnden

Andy Hearnden, who goes by Andy Cooks, is a digital chef and content creator based in Queensland. He creates cooking videos for multiple social media platforms, including meals on a budget, how to cook the perfect steak every time, and making Japan’s best convenience store sandwiches at home.

Lily Huynh

Posting food content from Sydney under the handle Bites With Lily, Lily Huynh boasts 2.9M followers on TikTok. She’s an adventurous eater who loves fresh seafood from the Sydney Fish Market. She often showcases multiple items from food markets, like in this video of everything Lily ate at Grazeland Melbourne.

Caryl Be

Caryl’s SydneyBites account on Instagram is chock full of delicious food finds, like this classic Korean restaurant in Surry Hills or this Egyptian street-food establishment in Newtown. You’ll find fusion brunches, calorie-laden desserts, and anywhere with good coffee on her list.

Mey in Melb

Pastry chef Mey focuses her TikTok channel on incredible foods in Melbourne and Sydney, offering her followers a glimpse of everything from Wagyu bowls and matcha tiramisu. A devout ice cream lover, she shares where to find the best in Sydney, as well as where to find the best happy hour deals in the city.

Daniel Lamble

Having finished third on season 14 of MasterChef Australia, Daniel Lamble is well known by food lovers in his country. He cooks traditional Australian foods with his own spin — like this fairy bread ice cream and Peri Peri chicken, as well as more unique dishes like this Camembert Cob Loaf and this Bailey’s dessert burrito. 

Alice Chow

Have you tried a camel burger or baby octopus? Sydney food blogger Alice Chow has! The adventurous eater gives honest reviews about everything from canned drinks and sandwiches to black-garlic chili ramen and expensive multi-course meals.

Sticky Lollies

If you’re fascinated by behind-the-scenes candy-making, don’t miss the videos from this family, who hand-make confections. Watch how they make their most difficult candy with tiny kangaroos inside or when they put Vegemite inside lollipops.

Tess Begg

Combining food and fitness, Tess shares easy plant-based recipes with her 245K TikTok followers. Her meals — like crunchy buffalo chickpea wraps, acai bowls, and pumpkin pasta — look as delicious as they taste!

Alice Zaslavsky

Being shortlisted for a James Beard Book Award for “In Praise of Veg” lets you know that Alice’s vegetable-forward recipes will be healthy and delicious. If upside-down feijoa olive oil cake or marinated tempeh and snow peas sounds good, join her 71.6K followers on Instagram for more ideas.

Ann Reardon

Self-proclaimed sweet tooths will want to watch Ann make chocolates and rescue failed cakes on her “How To Cook That” YouTube channel. She also shares food facts, warns about toxic food ingredients, and reviews kitchen gadgets.

Jasmin Weston

More than 320K fans follow Jamie on Instagram for her tasty recipes, like chicken adobo, shepherd’s pie, beef stroganoff and curried sausage rolls. But there’s more to her channel than just meat! Learn how to make cinnamon cheesecake cookies, pineapple turnovers, Biscoff tres leches cake, and scrumptious side dishes like mushroom and goat cheese risotto.

Marion Grasby

Posting new cooking videos several times a week with recipes from all over Asia and Australian classes, Marion has amassed more than 1.91M subscribers on YouTube. Her Make It Wednesday collection includes recipes like Korean glass noodles, one-pan coconut chicken and peanut noodles, Mongolian beef, and cheesy sweet chili chicken nachos.

Nick and Helmi

The couple that eats together stays together, and Sydney-based foodies Nick and Helmi not only review restaurants and experiences in Australia but also when they travel. Although they’re always up for trying Australia’s Asian cuisine, like Southern Thai food, rice noodle rolls, Korean BBQ, ramen, and this Japanese Onigiri Cafe, there’s plenty of content on sandwiches, pizza, and native Australian food.

Greg Hadley

With 318K subscribers on the YouTube channel Greg’s Kitchen, this Brisbane-based content creator does food and product reviews and shows his fans how to cook the best recipes on a budget. Find out what he thinks about different fast food meals, watch him make copycats of famous recipes, or learn simple hacks, like how to separate a yolk from an egg white.

James Webb

Australia’s No. 1 competitive eater, who runs the Jwebby Can Eat YouTube channel for his 101K followers, eats oversized meals for entertainment. Watch him eat Sydney’s biggest Zaatar roll, Australia’s biggest loaded spud, or this supersized platter challenge at Sydney’s Nemesis Pizza.

Janice Fung

Food and travel vlogger Janice loves to show her Instagram fans how to eat in style without breaking their budget. Find out to fill up on $25 in Strathfield or Harris Park, or see everything she ate at the Lunar New Year markets in Sydney.

Adrian Widjy

Not sure what to eat while in Sydney? Join Adrian’s 324K followers on Instagram to get his take. Looking for fresh sushi and sashimi in Bondi Beach or a Korean deli in Chatswood? Adrian tries some of the most amazing items throughout the region.

Zak Osta

If anyone can make a veggie pizza look enticing, it’s Zak Osta, who showcases his cooking on his Zee Cooking YouTube channel. Watch him cook up gravy-laden steaks from his work kitchen or master Middle Eastern meals that leave his viewers drooling.