Rob Broadfield is an Australian restaurant critic and food writer.
[1][2][3][4] He was described by the ABC as 'very much the definition of the bon vivant'.
[5] He was the founding editor of the Australian Good Food Guide, an entertainment magazine owned by Seven West Media.
[6] In a 2022 interview discussing his retirement from The West Australian, Rob described the rise of social media influencers as a competitive pressure impacting upon his genre of journalism.
He has criticised the practice of paying influencers in return for reviews.