Anne Burrell, Meals Community Host and Celeb Chef, Dies at 55

Celeb chef, writer, and tv star Anne Burrell died at her dwelling in Brooklyn at present on the age of 55, Folks studies. The Emmy-winning Worst Cooks In America, Chopped, and Secrets and techniques of a Restaurant Chef host, born September 21, 1969, in Cazenovia, New York, had been a fixture on the Meals Community since her first look as a sous chef on Iron Chef in 2000, and shortly turned a fan favourite. Immediately recognizable together with her spiked, blonde hair, and lavish, brash laughter, Burrell captivated audiences and fellow culinary professionals not simply together with her humor, however together with her sharp kitchen expertise, honed on the Culinary Institute of America — from which she obtained a diploma in 1996 — and in kitchens round New York Metropolis. 

Burrell was a beloved presence on the Meals & Wine Basic in Aspen over time, wowing crowds whereas braising hen thighs with mushrooms and an almond puree in 2018, casually stirring no-recipe risotto whereas sipping prosecco onstage in 2017, and strolling former F&W editor in chief Dana Cowin by the artwork of pasta-making in 2016. Offscreen, Burrell was referred to as a philanthropist, tirelessly contributing her time and assets to causes together with the Backyard of Goals Basis, the Juvenile Diabetes Analysis Basis, and Metropolis Harvest’s Meals Council.

Cowin informed F&W, “Anne was a mega-watt star, with mega-watt hair, who at all times impressed me in conversations together with her dedication to craft and household. Such an enormous loss to good cooks — and dangerous,” making reference to her Burrell’s tireless dedication to serving to cooks of each degree get snug within the kitchen, on Worst Cooks, and in her many TV and occasion appearances, and in her bestselling cookbooks, Cook dinner Like a Rock Star and Personal Your Kitchen. 

“I’ve identified Anne for over 20 years now. She was my buddy,” chef Andrew Zimmern informed Meals & Wine. “She labored in NYC kitchens that I frequented after which in fact by our tv, nonprofit co-appearances, and meals pageant work we’d see one another usually. I used to be simply together with her a number of weeks in the past, cooking in Puerto Rico.” 

Zimmern continued, “My deepest love goes out to her household, buddies, and followers. At the moment I feel we have to give attention to sharing our love and admiration for all the nice issues she represented and all the enjoyment she delivered to the lives of so many. I hope that as time passes we are going to be taught extra about this mindless tragedy.” 

Fellow Meals Community star and buddy Maneet Chauhan expressed shock and disappointment, telling F&W, “She was at all times actually form to me however her largest influence I noticed was to younger ladies. My daughter wished to solely meet her and Buddy [Valastro] final 12 months after we did Cooks Making Waves. She was so form and gracious and inspiring.”

Burrell is survived by her husband, Stuart Claxton; her stepson, Javier; her mom, Marlene; and her sister, Jane. The household requests that donations be made to Metropolis Harvest or Breakthrough T1D, previously Juvenile Diabetes Analysis Basis, in Burrell’s honor.