Private Funeral:Famous MAster Chef and Youtuber Jock zonfrillo Held Family and friends are emotional

Private Funeral:Famous MAster Chef and Youtuber Jock zonfrillo Held Family and friends are emotional
Jock Zonfrillo, MasterChef Australia judge, chef, and author, died at the age of 46.

On Monday, his family acknowledged his death, saying that "our irreplaceable husband, father, brother, son, and friend" died on Sunday in Melbourne.

There was no mention of a cause of death. A spokeswoman for Victoria Police stated that the death was not being investigated as suspicious. A report for the coroner will be drafted.

The new season of MasterChef Australia was supposed to launch on Monday night, however Network 10 has announced that it will not air this week.

"We are devastated to share that Jock passed away yesterday," Zonfrillo's family wrote in a statement. "With completely shattered hearts and without knowing how we can possibly move forward in life without him.""There are so many words to describe him, so many stories to tell, but we're too overwhelmed right now to put them into words." Keep this brave Scot in your hearts when you have your next whisky, for those who crossed his path, became his friend, or were lucky enough to be his family."

Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver, who appeared on the first episode of the upcoming season of MasterChef Australia, said he was "in total shock" on Instagram.

"We had the best time working together for this year's MasterChef, I can't tell you how good it was to work with him!" Oliver penned a letter. "Jock was really giving with his time and spirit in the show, and I was very appreciative... Jock will be sorely missed... I can't believe I'm typing this......."

Former MasterChef contestants Laura Sharrad, Sarah Tiong, Depinder Chhibber, Minoli De Silva, and Reynold Poernomo all paid tribute to the chef on social media, with Poernomo admitting he was "shocked" by the news.

"... chef, rest in peace, my heart and condolences to loved ones," he said on Zonfrillo's Instagram.

Chefs Colin Fassnidge, Rosheen Kaul, and Dan Hong all expressed their condolences.

"This is devastating," Hong commented, while Zonfrillo's death was described as "incredibly sad news" by former culinary critic Pat Nourse.

"His death has left us poorer." "Truly heartbreaking," he captioned a photo on Instagram.Endemol Shine Australia, which produces Network 10 and MasterChef Australia, stated in a statement that they were "deeply shocked and saddened by the sudden loss."

"On set, he was loved by the team, and his passion for food and the show was infectious," Endemol Shine Australia CEO Peter Newman said. He was also a fantastic champion for the MasterChef contestants, always wanting the best for them. The entire MasterChef team will miss him much. In this difficult time, our thoughts are with his family."

Barry Zonfrillo was born in Glasgow in 1976 and began working in kitchens as a dishwasher at the age of 13. He dropped out of school at the age of 15 and began an apprenticeship at the Turnberry hotel, becoming one of the establishment's youngest apprentices.

Zonfrillo began working for famed British chef Marco Pierre White at the age of 17, despite the fact that he was destitute and addicted to heroin at the time, according to his 2021 memoir Last Shot. He was only 22 when he was appointed head chef at Cornwall's Tresanton hotel.

Zonfrillo took over as head chef at Sydney's Forty One in 2000, but he was dismissed in 2002 after setting fire to an apprentice's trousers for working too slowly. According to Zonfrillo, it was a bad practical joke. Martin Krammer, an 18-year-old trainee, sued Zonfrillo and won $75,000 in damages in 2007. Zonfrillo entered bankruptcy the same year.

In Adelaide, he later opened various restaurants, including Restaurant Orana, Street ADL, Bistro Blackwood, and Nonna Mallozzi. Restaurant Orana was selected Australia's restaurant of the year in 2018 by Gourmet Traveller magazine, and the Good Food Guide the following year. It received three hats in 2019 and 2020 before closing in March 2020.

In 2019, he replaced the show's original hosts Matt Preston, George Calombaris, and Gary Mehigan as a judge on MasterChef Australia, with Melissa Leong and Andy Allen.

Some of the stories in his memoir Last Shot have been hotly debated, with White claiming that "almost everything he has written about me is untrue" in the chapters about Zonfrillo's time in London in the 1990s. Zonfrillo's claim to have visited "hundreds of Indigenous communities" was also called into question.

Zonfrillo, on the other hand, denied embellishing his life tale, adding, "This is the story of my life." I've lived it all, the highs and lows, and I stand by it."

"There's no doubt that some of my book makes me look pretty shady even at my best." I carried shame, not pride, from those years, and it was a significant challenge for me to overcome when writing this book."

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