Anne Burrell.
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Anne Burrell, the chef and Meals Community star, is useless at 55. She was discovered “unconscious and unresponsive” in her dwelling by police on June 17, per Folks, and the reason for loss of life is at the moment unknown. “Anne was a beloved spouse, sister, daughter, stepmother, and pal — her smile lit up each room she entered,” her household stated in an announcement. “Anne’s mild radiated far past these she knew, touching tens of millions internationally. Although she is not with us, her heat, spirit, and boundless love stay everlasting.”
Burrell was a Meals Community staple, internet hosting Secrets and techniques of a Restaurant Chef and Worst Cooks in America, in addition to showing on reveals like Chopped and Meals Community Stars. “Anne was a exceptional particular person and culinary expertise — instructing, competing and at all times sharing the significance of meals in her life and the enjoyment {that a} scrumptious meal can convey,” the Meals Community stated in a July 17 assertion. “Our ideas are with Anne’s household, mates and followers throughout this time of large loss.”
Born in 1969 in Cazenovia, New York, Burrell graduated from Canisius Faculty earlier than attending the Culinary Institute of America in addition to the Italian Culinary Institute for Foreigners, then labored in New York eating places together with Savoy and Felidia. She started her tv profession as Mario Batali’s sous-chef on Iron Chef America in 2005, standing out for her fiery persona. From there, she starred in Secrets and techniques of a Restaurant Chef from 2008 to 2012, on which she taught common folks methods to cook dinner like restaurateurs. “I attempt to take the concern issue out and let folks know that it doesn’t must be this superior, daunting expertise,” Burrell advised the Canisius Faculty Alumni Journal in 2008. “Let’s simply simplify it and make superior stuff, so that you be ok with it after which folks can let you know how nice you might be!” She was a coach on Worst Cooks in America for 27 seasons, from 2010 to 2024, along with her staff profitable 15 occasions. She married Stuart Claxton in 2021 and most just lately competed on Meals Community’s Home of Knives in 2025.
Burrell’s Meals Community co-stars, together with her former Worst Cooks rivals Robert Irvine and Tyler Florence, are among the many celebrities paying tribute to the chef. “Anne wasn’t only a fiery chef,” Irvine wrote on-line. “She was a radiant spirit who lit up each room she entered … I’ll at all times bear in mind her unwavering dedication, not simply to meals, however to lifting others up. She believed in nurturing culinary potential and celebrating small victories, whether or not in an novice cook dinner or on a charity fundraiser.” Under, extra tributes to the life and profession of Anne Burrell.
Bobby Flay tribute to Anne Burrell..
Each cherished maine coon cats….
Miss you Anne Burrell…. pic.twitter.com/a93cJVKJSn
— nonetheless right here (@SUSANTA28440721) June 19, 2025
On Wednesday, Bobby Flay tributed Burrell in his Instagram tales. “Worst Cooks in America was the funnest present on TV,” he wrote. “All your co-hosts (me included) had been simply alongside for the Anne Burrell trip.” Flay additionally credited Burrell with “turning me on to a world of Maine Coon cats,” together with his pet Maine Coon Nacho, “a present that I’ll have endlessly.”
I’m surprised and deeply saddened by the information of the passing of Anne Burrell.
Anne wasn’t only a fiery chef. She was a radiant spirit who lit up each room she entered. From the very starting on Worst Cooks in America, our pleasant rivalry was fueled by mutual respect: I’d threat… pic.twitter.com/3UG7rOgIPn
— Robert Irvine (@RobertIrvine) June 17, 2025
Irvine was Burrell’s co-host on a number of seasons of Worst Cooks and posted a tribute to their “pleasant rivalry.” Most famously, within the present’s second season, the 2 mounted a aspect guess over who gained: If Burrell misplaced, she’d lose her signature hair, but when she gained, Irvine must bleach his. In the end, Burrell gained. “I couldn’t think about dropping to a extra fierce competitor,” Irvine wrote in his tribute.
Florence additionally co-hosted a complete of seven seasons of Worst Cooks with Burrell, dropping to her six occasions. He wrote stated he was “heartbroken” over her loss of life, including that “nobody was funnier. She was Mensa good with razor wit and honest kindness.”
In 2021, Corridor co-hosted season 21 of Worst Cooks with Burrell, in the end profitable the season. She wrote that she “completely cherished working with Anne” and known as Burrell a “fierce chef and teacher.”
Buddy Valastro, higher often called Cake Boss, stated Burrell’s “ardour, vitality, and love for meals lit up each kitchen.”
I’m so extremely unhappy to listen to of the passing of my pal @AnneBurrell as we speak! I hope you might be rocking out and cooking up a feast tonight! pic.twitter.com/uK4B5gVHCf
— Ginger Minj (@TheGingerMinj) June 17, 2025
Drag Race competitor Ginger Minj was mates with Burrell out and in of drag. “I hope you might be rocking out and cooking up a feast tonight,” Minj wrote.
Kressley competed on season 11 of Worst Cooks and was mates with Burrell off-screen. He posted a selfie of the 2 of them that he knew “Anne cherished.”
Ebie is the daughter of rapper Eazy-E and competed on season 27 of Worst Cooks below Burrell. She posted a clip from the present and promised Burrell she’d “by no means maintain one other knife mistaken or I’ll think about your crimson mark on my finger.”
Anne Burrell’s passing has left me in shock and sorrow. She was a gifted chef, and a rare particular person. Chef Anne was the identical on and off digital camera. She would simply test on me out the blue. I’ll miss her tremendously. My condolences to her husband, household, & followers. Relaxation Chef pic.twitter.com/994mMk5MHG
— Loni Love (@LoniLove) June 18, 2025
Comic Loni Love gained the ninth season of Worst Cooks and stayed involved with Burrell. “She would simply test on me out the blue,” Love stated. “I’ll miss her tremendously.”
Kinsley competed on seasons 21 and 22 of Worst Cooks and known as Burrell his “cooking mother.” “Worst Cooks in America was my favourite present to observe, and to go on it and have her consider in me meant absolutely the world,” he wrote on June 18. “Chef Anne modified my life and I wouldn’t be the place I’m as we speak with out her.”
The world misplaced an unbelievable human as we speak, Chef Anne Burrell. I had absolutely the pleasure of being on 2 seasons of Worst Cooks in America, the place my latter season I used to be a Rockin’ Crimson Star and on her staff.
Comic story… the primary time I met her on set, I stated “Hello Anne, how’s it… pic.twitter.com/gn6imjicoT
— Sir Yacht (@SirYacht_) June 18, 2025
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