Born in Melbourne, Bill moved to Sydney where he first started cooking professionally while studying at art school. Bill opened his first highly successful restaurant, bills, in inner-city Sydney in 1993. Two more Sydney restaurants followed in 1996 and 2005, and bills opened by the beach in Greater Tokyo's Kamakura in 2008 and Yokohama in early 2010. Bill's is the author of several internationally best-selling cookbooks that have sold in excess of 850,000 copies and translated into several languages. Bill is a regular contributor to magazines in several countries including Australia, the UK, South Africa and the Netherlands. Bill's television series, Bill's food and Bill's Holiday, have charmed audiences worldwide in over 30 countries.