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Jock Zonfrillo

Chef, Broadcaster
4 August 1976 to 30 April 2023

A Scottish chef, who found television fame as one of the judges on MasterChef Australia (2019-2023). Jock Zonfrillo started out as a dishwasher before serving his apprenticeship in the kitchens of the Turnberry hotel in Scotland. He worked with chef Marco Pierre White at the age of 17 before being made head chef of Cornwall’s Trenanton hotel at 22. A move to Australia saw him open several restaurants, before he landed his judging role on MasterChef.

Read Jock Zonfrillo's Guardian obituary

Read Jock Zonfrillo's Telegraph obituary