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Anne Burrell, Food Network Chef and Host of ‘Worst Cooks in America,’ Dies at 55


Anne Burrell, who was host of the Food Network's "Secrets of a Restaurant Chef" and co-host of "Worst Cooks in America," died Tuesday. She was 55.

Burrell was one of the Iron Chefs, serving as sous-chef to Mario Batali from the show’s beginning in 2005, and went on to compete in “The Next Iron Chef Super Chefs.” The former chef at New York restaurants including Felidia, Savoy and Joseph Bastianich and Batali’s wine store Centro Vinoteca, she was also a contestant on the first season of the “Chopped All-Stars Tournament.” Burrell also appeared on the Food Network’s “The Best Thing I Ever Ate” in 2009, and made numerous appearances on shows including “Rachael Ray,” “The Kitchen,” “Guilty Pleasures” and “Cutthroat Kitchen.” She opened her own restaurant Phil & Anne’s Good Time Lounge in Brooklyn in 2017.

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