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He worked as a waiter while he studied art
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Bill Granger
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In the late 1980s, Granger relocated from Melbourne to Sydney to study art He found inspiration in the city"s lifestyle, light and harbour views. His creative interest slowly 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. The restaurants are also known for ricotta hotcakes.
In 2008, he opened the first "Bills" restaurant outside Australia in Japan, where he had lived for half a year.
Since then, he has four restaurants in Japan, Tokyo, Yokohama, and Kamakura. In 2011, Granger opened his first United Kingdom restaurant Granger & Company in London"s Westbourne Grove. In 2014, Granger will be opening a second London-based Granger & Company in Clerkenwell and a new bills restaurant in Hawaii.
Food Style Bill Granger is known for his eclectic and simple cuisine which he displays in all of his shows, books and restaurants.
He has often been referred to as the Australian version of Jamie Oliver Granger wrote Bill"s Sydney Food (Murdoch, 2000) which included information about the food in his restaurants. Media Work In 2004 the six part series Bill"s Food followed Granger for a week.
lieutenant was well received in Australia and was 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. Granger is featured on a fortnightly segment on American Broadcasting Company 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. A ten part television series bringing Bill"s globally-inspired food to West LondonBill’s Kitchen: Notting Hillaired from June 2013 on British Broadcasting Corporation Lifestyle in Poland, South Africa, Asia, the Middle East and the Nordic Region, on British Broadcasting Corporation HD in Europe, the Middle East and Africa and LatAm and on British Broadcasting Corporation Entertainment in Latin America.
