Restaurateur Bill Granger’s cause of death revealed

Renowned Aussie restaurateur Bill Granger’s cause of death has been revealed.

Granger died peacefully in a London hospital on Christmas Day, surrounded by loved ones and sparking an outpouring of grief around the world. He was 54.

He had been diagnosed with cancer months before he died, reported The Age, although what type of cancer has not been confirmed.

His death was announced on social media early Wednesday morning.

A post on his Instagram page said he was surrounded by his wife Natalie Elliott and three daughters — Edie, Inès and Bunny — at his bedside in their adopted home of London.

Granger counted 19 restaurants, more than a dozen cookbooks, five TV series and a Medal of the Order of Australia among the many achievements of his 30-year career that spanned the globe.