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Jock Zonfrillo is an Australian celebrity chef, television presenter & philanthropist. Zonfrillo owns Restaurant "Orana" in Adelaide, Australia.

Biography
Jock Zonfrillo was born in Glasgow, Scotland. His Mother's family are Scottish from Dalmellington, Ayrshire while his Father's are Italian from Scauri, Italy. He attended Belmont Academy in Ayr, Scotland.

Zonfrillo first started working in kitchens as a dishwasher part time at the age of 13, while still at school, however quickly swapped roles to a chef filling in for a cook who called in sick Zonfrillo then left school aged 15 and started an apprenticeship in the kitchens of The Turnberry Hotel, Scotland after which he worked at the Arkle Restaurant in the Chester Grosvenor Hotel in Chester.

Zonfrillo then worked for Marco Pierre White and David Cavalier before travelling to Australia for 12 months to work with Dietmar Sawyere at Restaurant Forty One in Sydney On returning to the UK Zonfrillo returned to work for Marco Pierre White before taking his first Head Chef position aged 22 at The Tresanton Hotel, Cornwall, England.

Zonfrillo returned to Australia in January 2000 to Sydney however now resides in Adelaide, South Australia with his third wife Lauren (Fried) Zonfrillo who herself, as well as being a prominent businesswoman, also appears regularly as a panellist on The Gruen Project.

In November 2013 Zonfrillo opened Restaurant Orana and Street ADL in Adelaide winning multiple accolades in both. Zonfrillo replaced Street ADL with Bistro Blackwood in September 2017 and in August 2018 won the 'Hottest South Australian Restaurant' in The Australian 'Hot 50' list

Zonfrillo started his not for profit foundation 'The Orana Foundation' in 2016 in a bid to assist the Australian Indigenous people through gastronomy. The Orana Foundation was awarded the Good Food Guide 'Food for good' Award in October 2017 and went on to receive recognition for his work in this field in winning the Basque Culinary World Prize in July 2018.

Recognitions

 * 2014 South Australian Best New Restaurant and South Australian Restaurant of the Year - The Advertiser Food Awards
 * 2015 South Australian Restaurant of the Year - The Advertiser Food Awards
 * 2015 Chef of The Year - Restaurant & Catering Awards
 * 2015 and 2016 Australia's Hot 50 Restaurants - The Australian
 * 2017 Hottest Chef & Hottest South Australian Restaurant - The Australian
 * 2017 Food for Good Award - The Good Food Guide
 * 2018 Basque Culinary World Prize

Television

 * In 2014 Zonfrillo appeared on MasterChef Australia (series 6).
 * In 2014 Zonfrillo hosted 'Nomad Chef' which was filmed in 10 countries across the world and aired in over 180 countries
 * In 2015 Zonfrillo hosted 'Restaurant Revolution' on the Seven Network in Australia
 * In 2016 Zonfrillo hosted 'Chef Exchange' for Qingdao TV (QTV) in China and South Australia and went on to film a second series in 2017.
 * In 2018 Zonfrillo appeared on MasterChef Australia (series 10).