Chef Anne Burrell attends the Austin Food & Wine Festival at Auditorium Shores on November 5, 2023, in Texas. Rick Kern/Getty Images What To Know. On Tuesday at 7:50 a.m. local time, a 911 caller , Chef and TV personality Anne Burrell, best known for her numerous appearances on the Food Network, has died.She was 55. Burrell, a recognizable figure on the culinary channel thanks to her spiky , Celebrity chef Anne Burrell has died at 55. Her family revealed the shocking news in a statement to People Tuesday. “Anne was a beloved wife, sister, daughter, stepmother, and friend — her , NEW YORK (AP) — TV chef Anne Burrell, who coached culinary fumblers through hundreds of episodes of “Worst Cooks in America,” died Tuesday at her New York home. She was 55. The Food Network, where Burrell began her two-decade television career on “Iron Chef America” and went on to other shows, confirmed her death., After Anne Burrell’s sudden death, fellow TV chefs share tributes. The Food Network host, who died at age 55, “was one of the brightest,” wrote chef Tyler Florence, who co-hosted “The , Anne Burrell, the celebrity chef best known for hosting Worst Cooks in America on Food Network, has died. The beloved chef and TV personality died at age 55 in her home in Brooklyn, N.Y., a .