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Obituaries

Yangarra winemaker Peter Fraser.

Vale Peter Fraser: The pioneering winemaker was a master of his art

Yangarra Estate’s master of great Aussie grenache first inspired Katie Spain to write about wine. His loss for Australia’s tight-knit wine community is immense.

  • Katie Spain
Pioneering restaurateur Doreen Orsatti of Chianti Restaurant.

Pioneering restaurateur who shaped Sydney’s Italian dining scene dies at 93

Doreen Orsatti wasn’t born into an Italian household, but she cultivated a fine-tuned nose for the cuisine.

  • Scott Bolles
Bill Granger and Kylie Kwong in 2000 at the opening of their joint venture, billy kwong in Surry Hills.

‘Everywhere I turned there was care, beauty and optimism, just like Bill himself’  

Renowned Sydney chef Kylie Kwong pays tribute to the late Bill Granger, with whom she opened the lauded billy kwong restaurant in 2000.

  • Kylie Kwong
Bocuse outside his famed Michelin three-star restaurant L'Auberge du Pont de Collonges in Collonges-au-Mont-d'or in 2011.

Paul Bocuse, French chef who became cultural star, dies at 91

Paul Bocuse, who became one of the 20th century's most influential chefs by building on the traditions of French haute cuisine with a distinctive style that emphasised simplicity and freshness, has died. He was 91.

  • Richard Vines
Darren Simpson at La Scala.

Celebrity chef Darren Simpson dies: a cheeky chappy who hid his demons behind a big grin

Celebrity chef Darren Simpson dies after a long illness.

  • Terry Durack