Anne Burrell

Anne W. Burrell was an actress on television, ex-chef of the Institute of Culinary Education and formerly teaches cooking. Burrell hosts Secrets of a Restaurant Chef on the Food Network and the co-host of Worst Cooks in America. Anne Burrell, a Food Network celebrity with her signature spikey blonde hair and exuberant personality, shares easy to learn techniques and eliminates the fear of eating at restaurants in her series Secrets of a Restaurant. Chef Burrell has worked for a time in New York at top restaurants as well as studied Italian cuisine tradition and its landscape. Also, she was a contestant on Iron Chef America on Food Network. While growing up in the upstate area of New York, Burrell became passionate about food and cooking. The Culinary Institute of America is where she enrolled after earning an English diploma and Communications diploma at Canisius College Buffalo NY. The Culinary Institute of America has been a great adventure. The Culinary Institute of the Americas was a fantastic place to study. After graduating Chef Burrell lived in Italy for a year, attending the Italian Culinary Institute for Foreigners. She also worked in La Taverna del Lupo and La Bottega del 30 (a Michelin star restaurant) located in Tuscany. She gained a deeper knowledge of Italian culture and cuisine throughout her time in Italy, which has influenced her style of cooking. Burrell is a well-known ambassador of the Juvenile Diabetic Research Foundation and has been on the Garden of Dreams Foundation Advisory Board, which helps kids with disabilities. Burrell travels extensively across the country in her role in the capacity of mentor and guest speaker where she discusses her career and love of cooking. Anne says she was incredibly fortunate that I could share her true passion with other people.