Bill Granger: restaurateur remembered as ‘brilliant’ man who exported Australian food culture to the world

The Australian cook Bill Granger, who is dead at the age of 54, has been remembered as the ‘godfather’ of avocado toast and for ‘conquer[ing] the food world’. Photograph: Richard Young/REX/Shutterstock

Chefs and writers have taken to social media to remember Bill Granger as a “culinary legend” and “brilliant” person who exported Australian food culture to the world.

The Australian cook and restaurateur died at a hospital in London on Christmas Day, the family of the food writer confirmed on Instagram. He was 54.