HOMELESS JOCK'S CASH CRISIS REVEALED

The restaurant owner has been plagued with a series of financial hardships

There’s only one thing on the minds of the MasterChef contestants at the moment – the $250,000 cash prize! As Woman’s Day went to print late last week, just days before the finale, the cool quarter of a million dollars was tantalisingly close for one talented cook – a satisfying reward for weeks of stressful elimination challenges and heated critiques.

And while Jock Zonfrillo, 43, has been crowned a hero in the competition, the chef has found himself in desperate need of the prize money himself! The father-of-four has been struck with unrelenting hardships of late, overshadowing his newfound TV popularity.