By Kristy Johnson For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 14:33 BST, 24 June 2019 | Updated: 16:57 BST, 24 June 2019
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MasterChef viewers were in outrage during Monday night's episode.
Producers chose Scottish-born restaurateur Jock Zonfrillo as the guest chef, in a challenge focusing on native Australian ingredients.
One viewer asked on Twitter: 'Surely there's an Indigenous chef to guest star on Indigenous food night on MasterChef Australia?'
'Surely there's an Indigenous chef to guest star?' Viewers SLAMMED MasterChef producers on Monday night, for choosing Scottish-born restaurateur Jock Zonfrillo (pictured), in a native Australian ingredients challenge
During Monday night's episode, judge Matt Preston introduced Jock Zonfrillo as the guest chef.
Scottish-born Jock is the owner of Adelaide restaurant Orana, and the creator of The Orana Foundation.
Jock's mission through The Orana Foundation is to 'preserve the food heritage of Indigenous peoples and integrate native food into Australian gastronomy'.
He is also aiming to ensure the 'benefits of an Australian native produce industry are returned to the Indigenous communities involved'.
Native ingredients: Jock assigned each contestant with an Australian native ingredient, some which included white currants, lilly pillies, aniseed myrtle and long yams
After arriving on set, Jock told the contestants that he became 'hooked' on Indigenous culture when he 'started getting an inkling of how complex their culture was' and how that
