JOCK ZONFRILLO I stand by my story

THE MASTERCHEF JUDGE HAS RELEASED HIS NEW MEMOIR, BUT THE BOOK HAS COME OUT WITH A SIDE SERVE OF DRAMA

- Melissa Field

The past few years have found chef Jock Zonfrillo on a professional and personal high. In addition to reinvigorating MasterChef Australia as one of the three new judges who arrived on the show in 2020, his family life with third wife Lauren Fried and their two young children (in addition to his two older daughters from previous relationships) is, as he told WHO, where he now finds “happiness and solace”.

So when Zonfrillo, 45, was approached last year to have his biography published, he says he finally felt ready to revisit his tumultuous past. “I’ve been asked to write my story so many times and I’ve always said no because I’m ashamed of a lot of the stuff I did,” he says. “I carry the guilt of those things with me still, but then, when I thought about it, now did feel like the right time to tell my story. I was on