Anne Burrell

Anne W. Burrell is an American chef-turned-tv personality, as well as a former teacher in the Institute of Culinary Education. She is the host of Food Network's Secrets of a Restaurant Chef as well as co-hosting Worst Cooks in America. Anne Burrell's Food Network show Secrets of a Restaurant chef featuring her distinctive sparkling blonde locks, and her bubbly up personality, reveals the simplest techniques that anyone could master. Chef Burrell has also worked in many of New York's best restaurant chains, delved into Italian cuisine and the traditions associated with it, and competed in Food Network Iron Chef America. Growing up in the state of New York, Chef Burrell began to develop a love of cooking and food at the age of. The Culinary Institute of America was the next stop for her when she finished with an Associate of Arts degree in English as well as Communications in the fall of 2004 from Canisius College Buffalo NY. I loved every minute of being a student at The Culinary Institute of America she says. I couldn't learn enough couldn't do enough couldn't work hard enough. Chef Burrell was a graduate of the Culinary Institute for Foreigners in Italy spent one year working in Umbria at La Taverna del Lupo and Tuscany's La Bottega del 30, the Michelin-starred restaurant. Burrell gained a greater understanding of Italian culinary and cultural traditions through her travels in Italy, which has influenced the way she cooks. Burrell has served on the Garden of Dreams Foundation Advisory Board which brightens the lives of children facing challenges. She is also an Juvenile Diabetic Research Foundation celebrity ambassador, where she is an advocate for the awareness of juvenile diabetes. As a speaker, Burrell travels across the nation to promote her love for food and her culinary career. Through the course of her cooking career, Anne has often said that I am so lucky to be able to share my passion for life with people.