the Scottish chef Jock Zonfrillowinner in 2018 of the award Basque Culinary World Award and one of the program’s recognized stars masterchef Australiadied suddenly in Melbourne at the age of 46, family sources said on Monday.
This happened in one of the franchises of the popular gastronomic cycle which is produced in more than 40 countries (including Argentina) and has, in our version, which is also the most watched program on open television- Wanda Nara as a presenter and hostess, German martyrdomDamiano Betular e Donato De Santis as jurors.
“With a totally broken heart and Not knowing how we can go on living without him, we are devastated to report that Jock is dead. yesterday,” says a statement posted this Monday on Zonfrillo’s Instagram account.
Without giving details of the cause of the deaths, the family asked that their grief and privacy be respected.
Australian television network Network 10 and the program producer masterchef Australia expressed in a joint statement that they are “deeply shocked by unexpected death by Jock Zonfrillo.
Furthermore, Master Chef Australia announced the postponement of the broadcast of the new season of the seriesthat he would be released on Monday May 1st and he stressed that it will not air episodes all this week.
The story of Zonfrillo
Born in Glasgow, Scotland, and the son of an Italian father and a Scottish mother, Zonfrillo He became an apprentice in a renowned restaurant from his native country at the age of 15 and subsequently was part of the culinary team of the renowned British chef Mark Peter Whiteas well as other world famous restaurants.
After moving to Australia in 2000, Zonfrillo opened the Blackwood Bistro and the restaurant Orana in the city of Adelaide, and also created the Orana Foundation to preserve Aboriginal food knowledge.
His magazine-nominated Orana restaurant Gourmet traveller AS the restaurant of the year in 2018was recognized with “three hats” (awards in the form of statuettes) in the years 2019, by the Good Food Guide of newspapers Sydney Morning Herald AND The age.
Zonfrillo’s fame reached Spainwhere he made his name at the San Sebastián Gastronomika 2016 festival thanks to his work in recovering the culinary traditions of Australian aborigines and, two years later, won the Basque Culinary World Prize, which seeks to distinguish chefs with “transformative initiatives”.
“Jock’s charisma, his sharp sense of humor, his generosity, passion and love for food and his family are beyond measure. He will be sorely missed,” she wrote. Master Chef Australia on Facebook paying homage to Zonfrillo, who entered as jury of that program in 2019.
In recent years Zonfrillo, married with four children, He was engulfed in several financial problems which forced him to close his restaurants -including the well-known Orana- during the pandemic. But those around him recognized that for months he had found serenity and joy.
Source: Clarin
