TV Wrap: Ten tributes to Jock Zonfrillo helps MasterChef Australia to biggest metro crowd in 3 years

The 15th season of MasterChef Australia on Ten launched to its highest premiere rating in three years, following a week’s delay after the passing of judge, Jock Zonfrillo.

The cooking talent show aired to 761,000 metro viewers last night, compared to 545,000 metro viewers in 2022 and 670,000 in 2021. However, the 2020 premiere episode remained at a high point with 1.228 million metro viewers.

Moreover, the 2020 season was the first one with new judges Jock Zonfrillo, Melissa Leong and Andy Allen, who took over after the original judges, Gary Mehigan, George Calombaris and Matt Preston, left the show.

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