Australian cook Bill Granger dies at 54

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Australian food writer, master chef, and restaurateur Bill Granger has died at the age of 54.

 

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The family of the food writer confirmed on Instagram he had died peacefully in hospital on Christmas Day.

Granger’s wife, Natalie Elliott, and three daughters, Edie, Inès, and Bunny, were at his bedside, the post said.

Granger was born in Melbourne and became a global restaurateur and food writer with a career spanning more than three decades, having taught himself to cook. He was remembered on Wednesday as the person primarily responsible for the global popularity of avocado on toast and developing a distinctive style of Australian breakfast and brunch – so much so that he became widely known as the “godfather” of avocado toast.

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