Jock Zonfrillo's widow Lauren parties with Michael Clarke in Paris

Daily Mail​

5 days ago

Lauren Zonfrillo, the wife of late celebrity chef Jock, has been spotted partying in Europe.
MasterChef Australia star Jock was found dead in a Melbourne hotel room in May 2023, after police were called to conduct a welfare check on the 46-year-old.
After two years of dealing with the grief of Jock's passing, Lauren was all smiles this week when she was seen partying with cricket legend Michael Clarke in Paris.
The former Australian captain took to Instagram on Tuesday to share a photo that showed him enjoying some downtime with pals in a Parisian bar.
Michael looked chuffed to be in good company that included pals Nick and Amy Campbell and partner Arabella Sherborne.
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Cuddling up close to Arabella at the edge of the group, Lauren was positively beaming as she posed for the happy snap.
Lauren showed off her svelte frame in a sleeveless white playsuit that flaunted her trim and toned arms and shoulders.
Arabella was seen clutching Lauren's arm as the five pals took time out to document the soiree.
It comes after Lauren recently shared the harrowing final moments she spent with her MasterChef Australia star husband as she said goodbye to his lifeless body.
Lauren raced home to Australia from Italy with the couple's two young children, where she was faced with seeing his body in a Melbourne morgue.
She told 7NEWS Spotlight's Liz Hayes in May that she was full of fear – but needed to see her husband, and speak to him.
'I was scared of it, but it was just what I needed. It was just a very strange feeling' she said while tears rolled down her face.
'Jock was in his pyjamas. I could smell his aftershave. I could smell his hair product. It was just like Jock was sleeping.
'I went up to him, and I wanted to touch him but I was quite scared. And so I started with his hair, and then I could touch his face, then I was kind of, was okay with it. But it was really my time to say goodbye to Jock' she continued.
'He was still there. I really felt he was there. I told him that it will be okay, that I've got this. That I will make sure the kids live big lives. And that, no matter what, we would be a family.'
Lauren said that she begged her husband to tell her what happened to him, and wished that he would reply.
'I asked him what the f*** happened, and I just wanted the words from him. He just looked completely normal to me.
'I could not undo what was in front of me. Like, I am broken now. That's it. There's no fixing me. This is the person I love that much, who cannot be there.'
When asked to disclose Jock's cause of death, which has never been revealed, Lauren remained protective of her husband.
'A lot of people want to know the answer to that, I'm really aware of that. I've had a lot of experiences with people coming up to me, all strangers, and asking how Jock died, and it's very unsettling' she said.
'Jock was very open in what he was willing to talk about. And I now don't want to make those decisions, because I don't know what he does and doesn't want to talk about.'
A fortnight after Zonfrillo's death his wife led about 200 mourners who gathered for a funeral at Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium at North Ryde on May 13.
Among those who attended the service were celebrity chefs George Calombaris, Matt Moran, Colin Fassnidge, Manu Feildel and Shannon Bennett as well as Zonfrillo's co-stars Allen and Melissa Leong.
Lauren delivered a eulogy before Zonfrillo's friend and fellow Scotsman, Jimmy Barnes, sang Amazing Grace with his daughter Mahalia.
Before his death, Zonfrillo had been preparing for the launch of MasterChef's 15th season, which was set to premiere the night his body was found.
He was also in the early stages of planning a new restaurant and had started working on a cookbook prior to his death.
Zonfrillo and his wife, who married in 2017, had put their four-bedroom Carlton terrace up for rent ahead of a potential permanent move to Italy, where his father was born.
Lauren also candidly opened up about life after Jock in her 2025 memoir Till Death Do Us Part.