Jock Zonfrillo’s grieving widow Lauren is grateful for the ‘public outpouring of love and support’ shown to their family following the MasterChef’s shocking death at age 46
MasterChef star Jock Zonfrillo was buried in a private funeral last Saturday, following his shocking death at the age of 46 last month.
And now his grieving widow Lauren Fried would be grateful for the “public outpouring of love and support” the family has received since his death.
According to Private Sydney on Saturday, their clan “has been surrounded by friends and family since his funeral in Sydney last Saturday,” a source said.
Zonfrillo’s coffin was covered with the Royal Banner of Scotland and decorated with white orchids. The Royal Banner was a nod to the chief’s Scottish heritage. He was born and raised in Glasgow.
The service included eulogies from Fried and Ava Zonfrillo, one of Jock’s adult daughters from a previous marriage.
MasterChef star Jock Zonfrillo was buried in a private funeral last Saturday, following his shocking death at the age of 46 last month. And now his grieving widow Lauren Fried would be grateful for the “public outpouring of love and support” the family has received since his death
Fried remembered her late husband as a sensitive man with a big heart.
“We were two halves who found each other at just the right time in life when we were ready,” she said.
“We were ready for that great love, to live an adventurous life, to become parents together, to fantasize things and to make them actually happen.”
According to Private Sydney on Saturday, their clan “has been surrounded by friends and family since his funeral in Sydney last Saturday,” a source said.
Among those in attendance were Zonfrillo’s fellow Masterchef judges Melissa Leong – who was visibly emotional and comforted by her friends as she went in – Andy Allen and his wife, former Masterchef judge George Calombaris, and celebrity chef Shannon Bennett.
Other TV chefs who turned out to pay their respects included My Kitchen Rules stars Manu Feidel and Colin Fassnidge, as well as Miguel Maestre and Matt Moran.
Zonfrillo died on April 30 in his hotel room at Zagame’s House on Lygon Street in Melbourne’s Carlton and was found by police around 2am on Monday, May 1 – the same day Channel Ten was due to premiere the fifteenth season of MasterChef Australia.
Zonfrillo died on April 30 in his hotel room at Zagame’s House on Lygon Street in Carlton, Melbourne.
They were responding to a welfare check requested by his wife, who was in Italy at the time with their son and daughter.
The media personality was slated for several publicity assignments for season 15 of MasterChef when he passed away suddenly.
Daily Mail Australia can reveal that when police entered the hotel room to conduct a welfare check, officers believed Zonfrillo had died of natural causes and found nothing to suggest otherwise.
No drug paraphernalia were also found in the hotel room, sources said.
Zonfrillo is survived by his third wife, Lauren Fried, and his four children: adult daughters Ava and Sophia, from his first two marriages, and six-year-old Alfie and two-year-old Isla, with Fried.
Zonfrillo is survived by his third wife, Lauren Fried, and his four children: adult daughters Ava and Sophia, from his first two marriages, and six-year-old Alfie and two-year-old Isla, with Fried