Ramsay paid tribute to the late Glaswegian MasterChef Australia judge with Jamie Oliver and his London mentor Marco Pierre White, who called him one of the great cooks of the century.
Network Ten, whose PR juggernaut had been in full swing backed up by excited social media posts from the hosts, are deciding when, or if, Masterchef will go to air.
“Jock was known to Australians as a chef, best-selling author, philanthropist and MasterChef judge but he will be best remembered as a loving father, husband, brother and son."
The British-born chef reportedly flew home early from Rome, leaving his wife Lauren Fried, and their two young children, Alfie, five, and Isla, two, in the Eternal City.
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