MasterChef Australia host Jock Zonfrillo’s wife Lauren called police to check on her husband before they found him dead in a Melbourne hotel on Monday.
Lauren, who was in Italy at the time, became concerned when Zonfrillo failed to answer several calls from her, and then rang police to carry out a welfare check.
Daily Mail Australia reports that police officers found nothing suspicious. A coroner’s report has not yet been issued confirming the exact cause of death, but the news outlet reports he died of natural causes.
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His body has now been released to his family.