LONDON — Invoice Granger, the Australian chef, meals author and restaurant proprietor who introduced Aussie-style meals to worldwide capitals from London to Seoul, has died. He was 54.

Granger‘s household mentioned on social media Tuesday that the chef died in a hospital in London on Christmas Day.

“A devoted husband and father, Invoice died peacefully in hospital along with his spouse Natalie Elliott and three daughters, Edie, Inès and Bunny, at his bedside of their adopted residence of London,” the household assertion mentioned. It gave no additional particulars.

Born in 1969 in Melbourne, Australia, Granger was a self-taught prepare dinner who launched a chef’s profession over three many years after dropping out of artwork faculty. He opened his first restaurant in 1993 within the Sydney suburb of Darlinghurst, the place he quickly grew to become identified for his breakfasts served at a central communal desk.

He and his spouse then launched their restaurant enterprise globally, opening greater than a dozen eating places and cafes beneath his title in London, Seoul, and Tokyo, Osaka and Fukuoka in Japan. Their relaxed environment and his signature dishes, like avocado on sourdough toast, creamy scrambled eggs and ricotta hotcakes, proved a success with diners worldwide.

“He will likely be remembered because the ‘King of Breakfast,’ for making unpretentious meals into one thing particular full of sunshine and for spurring the expansion of Australian casual and communal consuming all over the world,” his household wrote.

Granger wrote 14 cookbooks, his household mentioned, and was identified for presenting on numerous cookery exhibits. He additionally appeared as a visitor decide on MasterChef Australia. Earlier this 12 months, he was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for his companies to tourism and hospitality.

Actors Hugh Jackman and Jason Donovan, each fellow Australians, had been amongst these paying tribute to Granger Wednesday, with Donovan describing the chef as a “ray of Aussie sunshine”.