A post on his Instagram confirmed he died peacefully in hospital on Christmas Day with his wife Natalie Elliott and three daughters.
Granger is being remembered as the king of breakfast.
"A dedicated husband and father, Bill died peacefully in hospital with his wife Natalie Elliott and three daughters, Edie, Inès and Bunny, at his bedside in their adopted home of London," a family statement on his Instagram said.
"Born in Melbourne, Australia, Bill was a self-taught cook who became a celebrated global restaurateur and food writer with a career spanning over 30 years.
"In 1999, he and his wife Natalie began a professional partnership that launched the business globally.
"Together they built a successful business that today has 19 restaurants across Sydney, London, Greater Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka and Seoul.
"Bill authored 14 cookbooks, made 5 TV series and most recently was honoured with the Medal of the Order of Australia in January 2023."
The statement said he would be remembered as the king of breakfast for "making unpretentious food into something special filled with sunshine and for spurring the growth of Australian informal and communal eating around the world".
"He will be deeply missed by all, with his loss most profoundly felt by his adored family, who are grateful for all the love and support that has been given."
English celebrity chef Jamie Oliver said he "loved Bill Granger so much" in an Instagram story.
"He was such a wonderful man, warm, charming and had an extraordinary ease and style in cooking that could only come from Australia," Oliver said.
Granger owned the widely-loved restaurant bills, which has four locations in Sydney and 15 across the globe.
He opened the first restaurant at Darlinghurst in 1993 after dropping out of art school.
"The little corner site was soon legendary for its fresh flavours and breakfasts, served at a central communal table, where locals and travellers, families and friends still thrive on the produce-led dishes and buzzing atmosphere," bills website said.
It aims to reflect the spirit of Australians as "sunny, easy-going and generous".
Granger was crowned "egg master of Sydney" by the New York Times in 2002, "king of breakfast" by the UK Telegraph Magazine in 2016 and "the creator of avocado toast" by the Washington Post in 2016.
The New Yorker said he was the "restaurateur most responsible for the Australian cafe's global reach" in 2018.
Granger's cookbooks have sold more than one million copies and his restaurants serve 1.5 million people each year worldwide.
The restaurant bills celebrated its 30th birthday in October.
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