Last shot: a coming-of-age memoir of addiction, ambition and redemption. Jock Zonfrillo. 2021.

From reckless drug addict to one of Australia’s top chefs and television stars: MasterChef Australia judge Jock Zonfrillo’s powerful life story will shock and inspire.

Jock’s life spiralled out of control when he tried heroin for the first time as a teenager while growing up in 1980s Glasgow. For years he balanced a career as a rising star among legendary chefs with a crippling drug addiction that took him down many dark paths.

Fired from his job at a Michelin star restaurant in Chester, England after a foul-mouthed rant, Jock made his way to London looking for work and found himself in front of the legendary Marco Pierre White. He credits White with saving his life, but Jock continued to struggle with addiction in a world of excess, celebrity and cutthroat ambition.

On New Year’s Eve 1999, Jock did his last shot of heroin before boarding a plane to Sydney, where he would find passion and new meaning in life in the most unexpected places. But there would be more struggles ahead, including two failed marriages, the closure of his prized restaurant during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, his time on-country and some very public battles.

This is his unforgettable story.