Bill Granger, Australia's 'king of breakfast,' dies at 54

TOKYO -- William "Bill" Granger, an Australian chef, restaurateur and food writer, died on Christmas Day at the age of 54 in a London hospital with his family by his bedside.

Granger shot to fame after dropping out of a Melbourne art school and opening a cafe named "bills" in inner-city Sydney in 1993 at the age of 22. He became known as the "king of breakfast" after the late New York Times food critic R.W. Apple, in a 2002 article headlined "The egg master of Sydney," described his signature scrambled eggs as "divinely creamy" and "light as the breath of an angel."