Bill Granger, Beloved Australian Celebrity Chef, Dies At 54

Invoice Granger, an Australian chef, restaurateur and meals author identified for his elevated takes on breakfast fare, died on Christmas Day, his household introduced Tuesday. He was 54.

Granger died peacefully at a London hospital “along with his spouse Natalie Elliott and three daughters, Edie, Inès and Bunny, at his bedside,” in accordance with an announcement posted on Granger’s Instagram web page. A explanation for dying was not offered.

“He will likely be remembered because the ‘King of Breakfast’, for making unpretentious meals into one thing particular full of sunshine and for spurring the expansion of Australian casual and communal consuming world wide,” the put up mentioned.

“He will likely be deeply missed by all, along with his loss most profoundly felt by his adored household, who’re grateful for all of the love and help that has been given.”

Granger, born in Melbourne, Australia, was a self-taught cook dinner who began a world enterprise with 19 eating places unfold throughout Sydney and London, in addition to cities in Japan and Korea.

He opened his first restaurant, Payments, in Darlinghurst, Sydney, in 1993. Now a series, the cafe is a breakfast establishment identified for its artistic and contemporary flavors.

He was additionally the creator of greater than a dozen cookbooks and created 5 TV sequence, together with “Invoice’s Tasty Weekends” and “Invoice’s Kitchen: Notting Hill.”

He was remembered on-line as a beloved and proficient chef who helped develop Australia’s distinctive brunch tradition and share it with the world, with some calling him the “godfather” of avocado toast.

Tributes flowed on social media.

“I’m heartbroken to listen to this,” British celeb cook dinner Nigella Lawson wrote. “So merciless.”

Jamie Oliver, one other British meals icon, mentioned that it was “devastating information.”

“What a man he was …. a beautiful human, sort calm soul,” Oliver wrote of Granger, saying that he “admired every little thing he represented in meals.”

“I bear in mind the primary time I met him many moons in the past he couldn’t have been nicer and his meals so good,” Oliver added.

“Relaxation in peace, Invoice, he will likely be sorely missed.”

“Oh my goodness, that is so heartbreaking!” wrote American actor Gwyneth Paltrow. “Like to you all.”

In a joint assertion with former associate Deborra-Lee Furness, Australian actor Hugh Jackman mentioned: “We’re devastated to listen to the information of Invoice’s passing. His expertise, his joie de vivre, the best way he introduced folks collectively, and his dedication to household have been inspiring. We are going to miss his friendship most of all.”

In January, Granger was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia, a high honor, for his contributions to tourism and hospitality.

“I’ve completed all these extraordinary issues, simply from liking to cook dinner pancakes and scrambled eggs, which is fairly wonderful,” he advised the BBC of his breakfast empire in 2019.