Anne Burrell

Anne W. Burrell is an American TV chef and ex-teacher at the Institute of Culinary Education. Burrell hosts Food Network's Secrets of a Restaurant Chef as well as the host of Worst Cooks in America. Anne Burrell, with her famous spiky blonde hair and her edgy personality on Food Network's Secrets of a Restaurant Cook series, reveals an easy and straightforward methods for cooks at home. Chef Burrell also has worked in some of New York's top restaurants, has been studying Italian cuisine and its traditions as well as competed on Food Network's Iron Chef America. As a child in the Upstate New York area, Chef Burrell developed a passion for food and cooking at a young age. The Culinary Institute of America is where she enrolled after earning an English degree as well as a communications diploma from Canisius College Buffalo NY. The Culinary Institute of America is where I spent the most enjoyable time of my life. It was hard to study how to do, or even work hard enough. After graduating Chef Burrell was in Italy for a year, studying at classes at the Italian Culinary Institute for Foreigners. She also worked in La Taverna del Lupo and La Bottega del 30 (a Michelin highly rated restaurant) in Tuscany. The chef gained an appreciation of Italian culinary and cultural traditions throughout her time in Italy, which has influenced her style of cooking. Burrell is a well-known ambassador of the Juvenile Diabetic Research Foundation. She is a member of the Garden of Dreams Foundation Advisory Board, which helps kids with disabilities. She speaks about her cooking love and imparts her expertise in the culinary world when she travels throughout the US in various roles such as speaker and mentor. Anne has said throughout her professional career that she feels so fortunate to be able to share what's essential to her.