Anne Burrell, Meals Community Host and Movie star Chef, Dies at 55

Movie star chef, writer, and tv star Anne Burrell died at her house in Brooklyn right now on the age of 55, Individuals 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 grew to become a fan favourite. Immediately recognizable along with her spiked, blonde hair, and lavish, brash laughter, Burrell captivated audiences and fellow culinary professionals not simply along with her humor, however along 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 rooster 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 way of the artwork of pasta-making in 2016. Offscreen, Burrell was often known as a philanthropist, tirelessly contributing her time and sources to causes together with the Backyard of Goals Basis, the Juvenile Diabetes Analysis Basis, and Metropolis Harvest’s Meals Council.

Cowin advised F&W, “Anne was a mega-watt star, with mega-watt hair, who all the time impressed me in conversations along with her dedication to craft and household. Such an enormous loss to good cooks — and unhealthy,” 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, Prepare dinner Like a Rock Star and Personal Your Kitchen. 

“I’ve recognized Anne for over 20 years now. She was my pal,” chef Andrew Zimmern advised Meals & Wine. “She labored in NYC kitchens that I frequented after which after all by way of our tv, nonprofit co-appearances, and meals pageant work we might see one another typically. I used to be simply along 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. Presently 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 study extra about this mindless tragedy.” 

Fellow Meals Community star and pal Maneet Chauhan expressed shock and unhappiness, telling F&W, “She was all the time actually sort to me however her greatest affect I spotted was to younger ladies. My daughter wished to solely meet her and Buddy [Valastro] final yr after we did Cooks Making Waves. She was so sort 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.