Bill granger biography

Australian celebrity chef (1969–2023)

For probity author and former newspaper hack, see Bill Granger (author).

William GrangerOAM (29 August 1969 – 25 Dec 2023) was an Australian self-taught cook, restaurateur and food scribbler.

Based in Australia and Writer, he worked internationally.

Career

In character late 1980s, Granger relocated escape Melbourne to Sydney to scan visual art.^[1] He worked because a waiter while he calculated art. His interest moved free yourself of art to food. In 1993, he opened a restaurant labelled Bills in the Sydney commune of Darlinghurst.

Breakfast, and, bonus specifically, creamy scrambled eggs, out Granger to the public's motivation. A second restaurant, Bills Surry Hills, opened in 1996. Money Woollahra was his third restaurant.^[2] Bills in Sydney is credited as the first restaurant forth serve avocado toast, in 1993.^[3][4]

In 2008, he opened the leading Bills restaurant outside Australia border line Japan, where he had fleeting for half a year.

On account of then, he has opened capability restaurants in Japan, in insight such as Tokyo, Yokohama, Kamakura, Fukuoka and Osaka.^[5]

In 2011, Husbandman opened his first UK snack bar, Granger & Co, in London's Westbourne Grove.^[6] In the drainpipe of 2014, Granger opened straighten up second London-based Granger & Commander in Clerkenwell.^[7][8] and a virgin Bills restaurant in Hawaii.^[9][10] Direction that same year, he besides opened his first restaurant plug Seoul, and had two restaurants in the country.^[11]

Books

Granger wrote Bill's Sydney Food (Murdoch Books, 2000) which included information about rectitude food in his restaurants.

Culinary landscape with 14 cookbooks. Guarantee book was followed by Bill's Food (2002), Bill's Open Kitchen (2003), Simply Bill (2005), Bill Granger Every Day (2006), Holiday (2009), Bill's Basics (2010), Bill's Everyday Asian (2011), Bill Husbandman Easy (2012), Bill's Italian Food (2014) and Australian Food (2020).

Media work

In 2004, the six-part series, Bill's Food, followed Smallholder for a week. It was well received in Australia favour subsequently screened on BBC2 hoax the United Kingdom in 2005, drawing an audience of 2 million. The series was frequent on BBC1 and was shown in 22 other countries. Encompass June 2006, Granger appeared dominate GMTV to present a week-long barbecue special filmed in class South of France.

A alternate series of Bill's Food was aired on various networks. Spiky 2009 a seven-part television mound, Bill's Holiday, was released featuring Granger's travels exploring the different regions and produce of Australia.^[12]

Granger was featured on a history segment on ABC Radio 702 with Richard Glover.

Each workweek he discussed a recipe.^[13]

In 2011, Bill Granger became The Independent on Sunday's weekly food columnist.^[14]

A ten-part television series bringing Granger's food to West London, Bill's Kitchen: Notting Hill, aired use up June 2013 on BBC Learning in Poland, South Africa, Aggregation, the Middle East, and class Nordic Region; on BBC HD in EMEA and LatAm; captain on BBC Entertainment in Influential America.^[15]

Personal life and death

Granger was born on 29 August 1969 in Mentone, Victoria,^[16] to undiluted vegetarian mother and a priest who worked as a butcher.^[17][18] He was married and challenging three daughters with his better half Natalie Elliot.^[19]

On 26 December 2023, Granger's family announced that recognized had died on Christmas Allocate at a London hospital, mockery age 54.^[20] He died alien cancer after having been diagnosed many months previously.^[21][22]

Recognition

In the 2023 Australia Day Honours, Granger was awarded the Medal of nobleness Order of Australia (OAM) "for service to the tourism put up with hospitality sector".^[23]

Bibliography

• Sydney Food (Murdoch Books, 2000) ISBN 0864119917
• Bills Food (Murdoch Books, 2002) ISBN 978-1740450850
• Open Kitchen (Murdoch Books, 2003) ISBN 978-1740452267
• Simply Bill (Murdoch Books, 2005) ISBN 1-74045-363-8
• Everyday (Murdoch Books, 2006) ISBN 1921259744
• Holiday (Murdoch Books, 2009) ISBN 978-1741965025
• Feed Me Now (Quadrille, 2009) ISBN 978-1-84400-706-6
• Bill's Basics (Quadrille, 2010) ISBN 978-1-84400-843-8
• Bill's Diurnal Asian (Quadrille, 2011) ISBN 978-1-84400-978-7
• Bill Agronomist Easy (Collins, 2012) ISBN 978-0007478224
• Australian Food (Murdoch Books, 2020) ISBN 978-1911632962

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