Lauren Fried has shared moving images of her late husband Jock Zonfrillo enjoying the company of their young son.
In the photos, shared to Jock’s Instagram account which Lauren has taken over, the MasterChef Australia star and his boy, Alfie, six, are seen playing at a museum.
The father and son lay on the floor in one frame, with Jock pointing at the ceiling as Alfie looked on.
In a second photo, the Scottish cook sat opposite his son, with the pair exchanging amusing expressions.
The images were captioned: ‘If Jock had to be at a museum, at least he made it fun’.
Lauren Fried (left) has shared moving images of her late husband Jock Zonfrillo (right) enjoying the company of their young son
The MasterChef Australia judge, who died on May 1 aged 46, is survived by his third wife, Lauren, and his four children: grown-up daughters Ava and Sophia, from his first two marriages, and six-year-old Alfie and two-year-old Isla, with Fried.
He left behind a number of finished or nearly finished projects, and in a post to Jock’s Instagram earlier this month, his widow wondered if it would be appropriate to release them to the public.
Lauren also shared how her grief was still raw a month after Jock’s sudden and tragic passing.
‘It’s been a month since we lost Jock, and I put a line in the sand thinking that at the one month mark, I would turn some sort of a corner. Obviously that hasn’t happened,’ she began.
In the photos, shared to Jock’s Instagram account which Lauren has taken over, the MasterChef Australia star and his boy, Alfie, six, are seen playing at a museum. Both pictured
The images were captioned: ‘If Jock had to be at a museum, at least he made it fun’
Lauren then thanked fans ‘all over the world’ for the ‘overwhelming’ outpouring of support she’d experienced.
‘I really wish that he knew how loved he was, that he knew the impact he had on so many people,’ Lauren told fans.
Lauren said that she and Jock had ‘worked hard’ on his social media but she did not know what would be ‘appropriate’ to share on his Instagram account after his death.
‘He had behind the scenes photos and interviews from MasterChef, books, a fashion range, he’s got spirits ageing in a distillery in Tasmania,’ she explained, becoming visibly emotional.
‘He’s got a TV show he filmed in Italy last year with the family,’ Lauren continued, before adding that she would run polls on social media to deem what fans want to see posted going forward.
The MasterChef Australia judge, who died on May 1 aged 46, is survived by his third wife, Lauren, and his four children: grown-up daughters Ava and Sophia, from his first two marriages, and six-year-old Alfie and two-year-old Isla, with Fried
Jock was laid to rest in a private funeral in Sydney in May, surrounded by 200 family and friends.
The media personality was scheduled for several publicity engagements for season 15 of MasterChef when he died suddenly.
Daily Mail Australia can reveal that when the police entered the hotel room to conduct a welfare check, officers believed that Zonfrillo had died of natural causes and didn’t find anything that suggested otherwise.
There was also no drug paraphernalia found in the hotel room, sources said.
In the wake of the tragic news, Zonfrillo’s fellow Masterchef judges Melissa Leong and Andy Allen pulled out of all media appearances to promote the cooking show’s return.
The MasterChef Australia judge left behind a number of finished and nearly finished projects
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