The 10 most powerful food people in America

Brooke Johnson

President, Food Network

Certainly more like it, Food Network’s president Brooke Johnson reigns in the list of top 10 food authorities. Innovative and fast-to-act, Johnson has not only made food TV stars like Guy Fieri and Rachel Ray famous, she is also the in charge of all food content for Scripps Networks Interactive and recently launched Cooking Channel and a family of websites. Having engineered the development of Iron Chef America, it’s clear that Johnson understands the power of turning food into entertainment, and it is likely that she’ll keep finding new ways to do so.

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