Anne Burrell

Anne W. Burrell was an actress on television, former chef in the Institute of Culinary Education and formerly teaches cooking. Anne Burrell. Burrell is the host of Secrets of a Restaurant Chef on Food Network. Food Network, as well as co-hosting Worst Cooks in America. Her signature spiky blonde hair and bubbly personality Anne Burrell eliminates the intimidation of eating out and offers straightforward, simple techniques to master for home cooks in her Food Network show Secrets of a Restaurant Chef. Burrell is a chef who has been in the kitchen for a long time. Burrell is also a veteran of New York City's best restaurants. She also has studied Italy's culinary tradition and the culture of Italy, and the surrounding geography. As a child in the upstate of New York, Chef Burrell discovered a love for cooking and food at an early age. The Culinary Institute of America is where she went following her graduation with an English degree as well as a communications diploma at Canisius College Buffalo NY. The Culinary Institute of America was where I had the most enjoyable time of my life. It was impossible to learn, do or work enough. After graduating, Burrell spent one year learning in the Italian Culinary Institute for Foreigners and working in Umbria's La Taverna del Lupo as well as Tuscany's La Bottega del 30, a Michelin-starred restaurant. When she was in Italy she acquired an appreciation for and knowledge of Italian food. It made a huge impact on how she views food. Burrell is an ambassador for the celebrity chef to the Juvenile Diabetic Research Foundation. She also has been on the Garden of Dreams Foundation Advisory Board, which helps kids with disabilities. She frequently travels around the nation in her capacity as a mentor as well as a an invited speaker, where she talks about her work and passion for cooking. Anne said she felt lucky in that she could communicate her love of cooking to others.