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Granger was born to a vegetarian mother and a father who worked as a butcher.<ref name="irishtimes-23-may-2009">{{cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/bring-it-on-bill-1.769296 |title=Bring it on, Bill |work=The Irish Times |access-date=27 December 2023 |date=23 May 2009 |last1=Digby |first1=Marie-Claire |language=en}}</ref><ref>[http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,20574921-5006002,00.html Bill's beach wedding] – [[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]], 14 October 2006</ref> He was married and had 3 daughters with his wife Natalie Elliot.<ref name="sbs-family-27-dec-23">{{cite news |title=A 'pioneer' and a 'bloody great guy': Australian chef Bill Granger dead at 54 |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/a-pioneer-and-a-bloody-great-guy-australian-chef-bill-granger-dead-at-54/fjfkruhmq |access-date=27 December 2023 |work=SBS News |agency=AAP, SBS |publisher=Special Broadcasting Service (Australia) |date=27 December 2023 |language=en}}</ref> |
Granger was born to a vegetarian mother and a father who worked as a butcher.<ref name="irishtimes-23-may-2009">{{cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/bring-it-on-bill-1.769296 |title=Bring it on, Bill |work=The Irish Times |access-date=27 December 2023 |date=23 May 2009 |last1=Digby |first1=Marie-Claire |language=en}}</ref><ref>[http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,20574921-5006002,00.html Bill's beach wedding] – [[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]], 14 October 2006</ref> He was married and had 3 daughters with his wife Natalie Elliot.<ref name="sbs-family-27-dec-23">{{cite news |title=A 'pioneer' and a 'bloody great guy': Australian chef Bill Granger dead at 54 |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/a-pioneer-and-a-bloody-great-guy-australian-chef-bill-granger-dead-at-54/fjfkruhmq |access-date=27 December 2023 |work=SBS News |agency=AAP, SBS |publisher=Special Broadcasting Service (Australia) |date=27 December 2023 |language=en}}</ref> |
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On 26 December 2023, Granger's family announced that he had died on Christmas Day at a London hospital, at the age of 54.<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 December 2023 |title=Instagram post from billsaustralia |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/C1U9WoYrGLq/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== }}</ref> He died from cancer after |
On 26 December 2023, Granger's family announced that he had died on Christmas Day at a London hospital, at the age of 54.<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 December 2023 |title=Instagram post from billsaustralia |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/C1U9WoYrGLq/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== }}</ref> He died from cancer after having been diagnosed many months previously.<ref name="smh-cause-27-dec-23">{{cite news |last1=McGinniss |first1=Andrea |last2=Bernoth |first2=Ardyn |title=Australian food writer and restaurateur Bill Granger has died aged 54 |url=https://www.smh.com.au/goodfood/eating-out/australian-food-writer-and-restaurateur-bill-granger-has-died-aged-54-20231227-p5etre.html |access-date=27 December 2023 |work=Good Food |publisher=Sydney Morning Herald |date=27 December 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Bill Granger, Australian chef dubbed the ‘King of Breakfast’, dies aged 54 |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/bill-granger-australian-chef-dubbed-the-king-of-breakfast-dies-aged-54-v7h5rp6gp |access-date=28 December 2023 |publisher=The Times |date=28 December 2023}}</ref> |
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Bill Granger | |
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 Granger in 2010 | |
| Born | William Granger 29 August 1969 |
| Died | 25 December 2023 (aged 54) London, England |
| Spouse | Natalie Elliot |
| Culinary career | |
Current restaurant(s)
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| Website | bills |
William Granger OAM (29 August 1969 – 25 December 2023) was an Australian self-taught cook, restaurateur and food writer based in his native country and in London but who also worked internationally.
Career
In the late 1980s, Granger relocated from Melbourne to Sydney to study art.[1] He worked as a waiter while he studied art. His interest moved from art to food. In 1993, he opened a restaurant called Bills in the Sydney suburb of Darlinghurst. Breakfast, and, more specifically, creamy scrambled eggs, brought Granger to the public's attention. A second restaurant, Bills Surry Hills, opened in 1996. Bills Woollahra was his third restaurant.[2]
In 2008, he opened the first Bills restaurant outside Australia in Japan, where he had lived for half a year. Since then, he has opened eight restaurants in Japan, in regions such as Tokyo, Yokohama, Kamakura, Fukuoka and Osaka.[3]
In 2011, Granger opened his first UK restaurant, Granger & Co, in London's Westbourne Grove.[4] In the spring of 2014, Granger opened a second London-based Granger & Co in Clerkenwell.[5][6] and a new Bills restaurant in Hawaii.[7][8] In that same year, he also opened his first restaurant in Seoul, and had two restaurants in the country.[9]
Books
Granger wrote Bill's Sydney Food (Murdoch Books, 2000) which included information about the food in his restaurants. That 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 Granger Easy (2012), Bill's Italian Food (2014) and Australian Food (2020).
Media work
In 2004, the six-part series, Bill's Food, followed Granger for a week. It was well received in Australia and subsequently screened on BBC2 in the United Kingdom in 2005, drawing an audience of 2 million. The series was repeated on BBC1 and was shown in 22 other countries. In June 2006, Granger appeared on GMTV to present a week-long barbecue special filmed in the South of France. A second series of Bill's Food was aired on various networks. In 2009 a seven-part television series, Bill’s Holiday, was released featuring Granger's travels exploring the varying regions and produce of Australia.
Granger was featured on a fortnightly segment on ABC Radio 702 with Richard Glover. Each week he discussed a recipe.
In 2011, Bill Granger became The Independent on Sunday's weekly food columnist.[10]
A ten-part television series bringing Granger's food to West London, Bill's Kitchen: Notting Hill, aired from June 2013 on BBC Lifestyle in Poland, South Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and the Nordic Region; on BBC HD in EMEA and LatAm; and on BBC Entertainment in Latin America.[11]
Personal life and death
Granger was born to a vegetarian mother and a father who worked as a butcher.[12][13] He was married and had 3 daughters with his wife Natalie Elliot.[14]
On 26 December 2023, Granger's family announced that he had died on Christmas Day at a London hospital, at the age of 54.[15] He died from cancer after having been diagnosed many months previously.[16][17]
Recognition
In the 2023 Australia Day Honours, Granger was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) "for service to the tourism and hospitality sector".[18]
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 Everyday Asian (Quadrille, 2011) ISBN 978-1-84400-978-7
- Bill Granger Easy (Collins, 2012) ISBN 978-0007478224
- Australian Food (Murdoch Books, 2020) ISBN 978-1911632962
References
- ^ BBC Food Profile – Chef Profile[dead link]
- ^ Good Food Profile – Chef Profile[dead link]
- ^ Lester, Amelia (25 June 2018). "Apollo, Longrain, Fratelli Paradiso among Australian eateries pushing into Tokyo". Australian Financial Review. Nine Entertainment Co. Pty Ltd. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "Bill Granger: the Aussie who came to stay". Evening Standard. 10 April 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "Granger & Co Clerkenwell, London - Restaurant Review, Menu, Opening Times". www.squaremeal.co.uk. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "Granger and Co. Clerkenwell". Just Opened London. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
- ^ Hill, Kendall (3 September 2013). "Lei lines". Gourmet Traveller. Are Media Pty Limited. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Cheng, Martha (28 March 2014). "Opening Soon: Bills Sydney in Waikiki". Honolulu Magazine. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
- ^ Stewart, Victoria (27 June 2016). "Bill Granger on his favourite foodie haunts in Seoul". Evening Standard. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ The Independent[dead link]
- ^ BBC Entertainment[dead link]
- ^ Digby, Marie-Claire (23 May 2009). "Bring it on, Bill". The Irish Times. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ Bill's beach wedding – The Daily Telegraph, 14 October 2006
- ^ "A 'pioneer' and a 'bloody great guy': Australian chef Bill Granger dead at 54". SBS News. Special Broadcasting Service (Australia). AAP, SBS. 27 December 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "Instagram post from billsaustralia". 27 December 2023.
- ^ McGinniss, Andrea; Bernoth, Ardyn (27 December 2023). "Australian food writer and restaurateur Bill Granger has died aged 54". Good Food. Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "Bill Granger, Australian chef dubbed the 'King of Breakfast', dies aged 54". The Times. 28 December 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Mr William Granger, OAM". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
