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Food Network star Anne Burrell’s fellow cooks, with whom she continuously appeared alongside on tv throughout her illustrious profession, are sharing beloved recollections about one of their very own.
Burrell, 55, died Tuesday morning at her house in New York, the Food Network informed NCS in a press release. A trigger of demise has not been confirmed.
The New York Office of the Medical Examiner informed NCS that an examination was happening Wednesday.
Rachael Ray, a famed celebrity chef whose present Burrell appeared on over 20 occasions between 2014 and 2019, wrote about how their friendship bloomed over time, starting once they appeared on “Worst Cooks in America” collectively.
“She became so much more than a colleague,” Ray wrote in a submit on Instagram, including that she was “honored” when Burrell requested her to be a bridesmaid, “something I’d only done once before for my sister.”
“I’ll miss her friendship deeply. Everyone whose life she touched will miss her,” Ray wrote. “We’ve lost someone truly special.”
The world of celebrity cooks is a somewhat small circle, as usually exhibited within the cross-pollination that happens on their varied tv applications. The bonds, it appears, are sometimes as actual because the skilled dishes they make.
Carla Hall, who appeared on a number of episodes of “Worst Cooks in America” with Burrell, known as her a “fierce chef and instructor,” including that she’ll keep in mind her “rocking her custom skirts, mismatched socks, and that unforgettable big smile.”
“Anne, you brought so much heart and heat to every kitchen. You. Will. Be. Missed,” Hall wrote on her Instagram web page.
Jeff Mauro, a Food Network chef, host and one of Burrell’s frequent collaborators, wrote on his Instagram web page Wednesday that Burrell “was a special soul and a force of nature.”
“We made a lot of wild television together, and our long friendship was filled with even wilder stories. Too many to count and almost too special to share here,” he wrote. “We will all miss you terribly.”
Burrell’s pleasure of cooking was one of her trademark qualities that was obvious in all of her TV appearances. It’s one thing she touched on whereas showing on Ray’s podcast in December.
“I, always from when I was a little, little girl, loved the idea of hospitality and providing and spreading joy,” Burrell mentioned. “As a chef, I’m a professional pleasure provider.”