MasterChef judge Jock Zonfrillo reveals he has eaten bat and called the delicacy ‘really delicious’

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MasterChef judge Jock Zonfrillo shocks radio listeners as he reveals he has eaten a bat and describes the delicacy as ‘really delicious’

By Alisha Buaya For Daily Mail Australia

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MasterChef judge Jock Zonfrillo has eaten many delicacies in his time.

But on Wednesday, the 43-year-old shocked radio listeners when revealed he has eaten a bat.

The Scottish-born chef told WSFM 101.7 Jonesy and Amanda show on Wednesday that he tasted bat in a remote tribal community in Vanuatu, while filming a Discovery Channel show called Chef Gone Wild.

Shocking! MasterChef judge Jock Zonfrillo has revealed he has eaten a bat and says the delicacy was ‘really delicious’

‘It was delicious, it really was,’ he said of the dish, which he added was cooked over a fire.

The MasterChef judge continued: ‘I know it’s a bat, I get it that. But when you’re there and you’re in some kind of comprehension and understanding of the culture you’re sitting in, that the fact it’s a bat kind of fades into nothing.

‘You’re just there in that moment doing this thing with that culture, learning something about them,’ he said of the experience. 

Extreme cultural experience: The Scottish-born chef told WSFM 101.7 Jonesy and Amanda show on Wednesday that he tasted the delicacy in a remote tribal community in Vanuatu, while filming a Discovery Channel show called Chef Gone Wild (pictured)

Extreme cultural experience: The Scottish-born chef told WSFM 101.7 Jonesy and Amanda show on Wednesday that he tasted the delicacy in a remote tribal community in Vanuatu, while filming a Discovery Channel show called Chef Gone Wild (pictured)

Local delicacy: 'It was delicious, it really was,' he said of the dish, which he added was cooked over a fire

Local delicacy: ‘It was delicious, it really was,’ he said of the dish, which he added was cooked over a fire 

Bat is not the only surprising thing Jock has eaten in the past. 

The chef of the award-winning Adelaide-based restaurant Orana also told Gourmet Traveller that had eaten fermented grass from a cow’s stomach in Ethiopia.

He said: ‘In the village I was in, it’s tradition for four to five families to buy and kill a cow at Christmas.’ 

'The fact it's a bat kind of fades into nothing': The MasterChef judge continued, 'I know it's a bat, I get it that. But when you're there and you're in some kind of comprehension and understanding of the culture you're sitting in'

‘The fact it’s a bat kind of fades into nothing’: The MasterChef judge continued, ‘I know it’s a bat, I get it that. But when you’re there and you’re in some kind of comprehension and understanding of the culture you’re sitting in’

'I've eaten a lot of nasty things in my time': Last year, the MasterChef judge revealed to Gourmet Traveller that he has also eaten fermented grass from a cow's stomach in Ethiopia

‘I’ve eaten a lot of nasty things in my time’: Last year, the MasterChef judge revealed to Gourmet Traveller that he has also eaten fermented grass from a cow’s stomach in Ethiopia

Jock explained that the fermented grass was taken out of the cow’s stomach to make a stew and cooked down to a paste.

He added that the stomach was then cut up, washed and eaten raw.  

Jock said: ‘I’ve eaten a lot of nasty things in my time, and I would never want to be disrespectful to other people’s culture, so I had to eat. Was it delicious? Absolutely not.’

Being respectful: He said of the Ethiopian dish, 'I would never want to be disrespectful to other people's culture, so I had to eat. Was it delicious? Absolutely not'

Being respectful: He said of the Ethiopian dish, ‘I would never want to be disrespectful to other people’s culture, so I had to eat. Was it delicious? Absolutely not’