Bill Granger, Australian chef who brought avocado toast to the world, dies at 54
Bill Granger, Australian chef who brought avocado toast to the world, dies at 54
Bill Granger, the Australian chef, food writer and restaurant owner who brought Aussie-style food to international capitals from London to Seoul, has died. He was 54.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Bill Granger, the Australian chef, food writer and restaurant owner who brought Aussie-style food to international capitals from London to Seoul, has died. He was 54.
Granger's family said on social media Tuesday that the chef died in a hospital in London on Christmas Day.
"A dedicated husband and father, Bill died peacefully in hospital with his wife Natalie Elliott and three daughters, Edie, Ins and Bunny, at his bedside in their adopted home of London," the family statement said. It gave no further details.
Born in 1969 in Melbourne, Australia, Granger was a self-taught cook who launched a chef's career over three decades after dropping out of art school. He opened his first restaurant in 1993 in the Sydney suburb of Darlinghurst, where he soon became known for his breakfasts served at a central communal table.
So this is the guy who caused my generation to be unable to afford houses
70Yep. Cunt! (???)
/jk never heard of him
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Who?
If anyone bought avo on toast to the world it was that entitled fuck who said to stop buying if we wanted a house.
63Thus dies the man who made home ownership impossible for millennials
/s
48The man who singlehandedly stole all the bootstraps
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Did he really though?
Sliced or mashed avocado has been eaten on some sort of bread, flatbread, or tortilla (often heated or toasted) since humans first started consuming bread and avocados, and before any documented or written history.
According to The Washington Post, chef Bill Granger may have been the first person to put avocado toast on a modern café menu in 1993 in Sydney,[9] although the dish is documented in Brisbane, Australia, as early as 1929
32I think “to the world” in this context means to a larger audience of people who had never heard of it before and didn’t live in a area where it was a common thing. So possibly yes. Or maybe no. Probably a shared effort either way.
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The story doesn't really work out? I mean if he started his first restaurant at 24 how could he have launched his chef career 3 decades after dropping out of art school?
Further if art school is supposed to be college level he barely even stayed alive long enough to live three decades post dropping out...
22I thinks it's bad punctuation or grammar
He launched his three decade chef career after dropping out of Art school
37That makes sense. But that is a really piss poor sentence.
Especially since it's literally "Who launched a chef's career over three decades after dropping out of art school"
That s on decades and "over" kills any ambiguity, but a comma after decades would make it passable, a semi colon and changing to "; after he dropped out of art school" would make it crystal clear.
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I hope when I grow up I can one day own an avocado of my very own!
Serving breakfast at one large communal table sounds like a cool idea actually.
15The real treasure was the avocados we met along the way.
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9Hail kissy
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We salute you! raises Starbucks to toast
4How dare you raise that abomination of "coffee" to this honourable Australian's name.
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1Breaking news : Unknown man dies.
-6We certainly won't be ringing the church bells when you pass.
9Is not like I would care after.
Besides I must say I certainly haven't created something that already existed for centuries. Especially in other countries. (/s)
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Avocado toast is stupid, but he didn't deserve to die so young.
And it really sucks to have Christmas of all days overshadowed by your father's/husband's death.
-8Avocado toast is stupid
Please touch grass
21Im really curious about your opinions. Do you hate avocados specifically or just on toast? Or do you just hate things on toast in general? What about bagels?
14Avocado toast is fucking delicious and comparatively healthy.
3That’s stupid like saying buttered bread is stupid.
It’s not some trendy thing, people have been mashing avocado on toast for 140 years.
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