HE SEEMED to have the world on a platter – a beautiful family, fame, a job he loved. International awards came his way, he opened cutting-edge restaurants and he was beloved on MasterChef Australia as the frank but fair judge with the worry beads and the thick Scottish brogue.
Yet for all the accolades and achievements, what Jock Zonfrillo (46) longed for was a small house in the middle of nowhere with his kids and pets.
“Just a simple, uncomplicated life away from everyone,” he said in what would be his final interview. “Not the flashy extravagant lifestyle you’d expect from a TV person.”
And it seemed he was going some way towards achieving it, spending time away from the