Restaurateur, food writer and TV chef Bill Granger, best known for Bill's Food, has died.
Restaurateur, food writer and TV chef Bill Granger, best known for Bill�s Food, has died aged 54.
He passed away in a London hospital on Christmas Day, aged 54, his wife and three daughters by his side. His cause of death has not been confirmed.
�He will be remembered as the �King of Breakfast�, for making unpretentious food into something special filled with sunshine,� they said on Instagram.
�He will be deeply missed by all.�
A self-taught cook from Melbourne, described as the �godfather� of avocado toast, he became a celebrated global restaurateur and food writer.
Over his 30-year career, Granger published 14 cookbooks, made many television cooking shows, opened more than a dozen restaurants around the world, and won legions of fans � many his own peers.
Tributes flowed from actor Hugh Jackman, Matt Preston, Jamie Oliver and Nigella Lawson who said, �He was the loveliest man, and the joy he gave us � whether through his food, his books, the spaces he made for us or in person � came from the kindness and generosity and sheer, shining exuberance of his very self. So devastated for his family. It�s too cruel.�
Darren Robertson said Granger had �changed the entire breakfast game� while Adam Liaw described him as �arguably [the] most influential pioneer of modern Australian food�.
�His �sunny�� codification of Australian cafe culture at Bills is the model on which every Australian cafe around the world is now built. Great guy, too,� Liaw wrote online.
Amongst his TV shows were 2004�s six-part series, Bill�s Food and 2009�s Bill�s Holiday, featuring Granger�s travels exploring the varying regions and produce of Australia. Bill�s Kitchen: Notting Hill screened in 2013 and My Greatest Dishes in 2019. There were also appearances on The Living Room, Saturday Kitchen and Taste.
Source: BBC
