Bill Granger

William Granger is a self-taught cook, restaurateur and food writer, based in his native Australia and in London but also working internationally.

For the author and former newspaper columnist, see Bill Granger (author).

Bill Granger
Granger at Hereford Road Party
Born
William Granger

(1969-08-29) 29 August 1969
Culinary career
Current restaurant(s)
  • Australia: bills Darlinghurst, bills Surry Hills, bills Bondi, bills Double Bay Japan: bills Shichirigahama, bills Yokohama, bills Odaiba, bills Omotesando, bills Futakotamagawa, bills Fukuoka, bills Ginza, bills Osaka South Korea: bills Jamsil, bills Gangnam United States: bills Hawaii United Kingdom: Granger & Co Chelsea, Granger & Co Clerkenwell, Granger & Co King’s Cross, Granger & Co Notting Hill.
Websitehttp://www.bills.com.au http://www.billsjapan.com https://www.billskorea.com https://www.billshawaii.com https://grangerandco.com

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 now currently has 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 Basic's (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 is featured on a fortnightly segment on ABC Radio 702 with Richard Glover. Each week he discussed a recipe. He appeared cooking tasty 'Roast Dinner with Pancetta' on Wednesday, 16 February 2011.

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

Granger was born to a vegetarian mother and a father who worked as a butcher.[12] He and his wife Natalie Elliott have three daughters.[13]

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
  1. BBC Food Profile – Chef Profile
  2. Good Food Profile – Chef Profile
  3. "Apollo, Longrain, Fratelli Paradiso among Australian eateries pushing into Tokyo". 25 June 2018.
  4. "This is London Magazine".
  5. Granger & Co
  6. "Granger and Co. Clerkenwell". Just Opened London. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  7. Gourmet Traveller
  8. Cheng, Martha (28 March 2014). "Opening Soon: Bills Sydney in Waikiki". Honolulu Magazine. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  9. "Bill Granger on his favourite foodie haunts in Seoul". 27 June 2016.
  10. The Independent
  11. BBC Entertainment
  12. "Bring it on, Bill". The Irish Times.
  13. Bill's beach wedding – The Daily Telegraph, 14 Oct 2006
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