Bill Granger interview

Surf or turf?

Surf: I live near it and breathe it every day.

Eastern delights or Western bites?

Eastern delights: Eastern food blew me away 20 years ago, and the allure of the exotic gets me every time, and those explosive flavours…

Restaurant dining or home cooking?

Home cooking: This part of my life dominates, and my kids are still very young.

Cooking for friends or cooking for the kids?

Cooking for the kids: Emerging palates mean I’m experiencing everything all over again in a different way – what a privilege!

Hot hot hot or cold platters?

Cold platters: I love simplicity and when I’m worn out from cooking, a platter of deli cold cuts and the perfect salad is perfection.

Sweet or savoury?

Savoury: my palate is more attuned to salt, which is not say there isn’t room for both in my life

Big breakfast or leisurely lunch?

Leisurely breakfast: because these happen only the weekends, are therefore are always a special occasion and feature many courses of perfect foods, such as local levain with the crispest crust, orange-yolked organic eggs, rocket from the garden, ripe in-season fruit, a homemade jam or artisan honey; you get the picture… the epitome of what I like to eat.

Supermarkets or farmer’s markets?

Farmer’s markets: no question, it’s the way I keep in touch with my world.

Comfort food or light & low fat?

A continuous circle: one begets the need for the other!

Europe or Australia?

A continuous circle: Australia is always home but Europe lures and excites, always, and luckily the world seems to be getting smaller and I get to enjoy the best of both worlds.