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New York Post
20-06-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Anne Burrell reflected on settling down with her husband after ‘living the rock star chef life' before her death
Anne Burrell shared insight into her life months before her tragic death on Tuesday. The celebrity chef was found unresponsive in the shower at her home in Brooklyn, New York before being pronounced dead at the scene at age 55, police said. Just three months prior, Burrell went on Tori Spelling's 'misSPELLING' podcast, where she dove into marrying her husband Stuart Claxton in 2021. The couple had met on the dating app Bumble in 2018. 8 Anne Burrell in 2017. Phil & Anne's Good Time Lounge / Facebook The 'Beverly Hills, 90210' star asked the 'Worst Cooks in America' host if she purposely waited to settle down. 'From when I was a kid, I don't know why, but I always was like, I am not getting married until I feel like I have something in life to share,' Burrell explained, 'until I have accomplished stuff.' 'I was living my best life!' she added about her 20s and 30s. 'I was like, living the rock star chef life. I was working a lot, and I had a great social life.' 8 Anne Burrell on Food Network. Instagram/@chefbeaumac Then, one day, Burrell's perspective shifted. 'I just started to feel like, all right, you're getting a little old to keep on doing this,' she recalled. Along with a husband, Burrell also gained a stepson Javier. 'Kids were never on my radar, really,' the cook confessed. 'I love being an aunt. I have nieces and nephews. So I'm like, [being a stepmom] is the perfect amount of parenting for me.' 8 Rachael Ray and Anne Burrell. rachaelray/Instagram Over the years, Burrell has opened up about her relationship, recently telling the Daily Mail in April, 'October will be four years. It seems like it's been four minutes. I don't know if it's a honeymoon [phase] but I feel like it's settled into married life days which I really enjoy.' In honor of Valentine's Day in 2022, the step-mom gushed over her other half, penning, 'You make me the happiest girl in the world!!! I love you to the moon and back my sweet!!!' As for meeting Mr. Right, Burrell once admitted Claxton also felt the instant spark between them. 8 Anne Burrell in 2017 at the Good Time Lounge. Anne Burrell 'I don't know if we had both thought of marriage, but we both were like, 'Oh, yeah, this is something,'' Burrell told People in 2020. ''This is really going to be real and this is going to turn into something.'' 'Once you get to be a woman of 50 years old, you don't really think that marriage is going to be on the plate for you,' she detailed. 'I was always really focused on my career and marriage was never a huge thing in my life that I was looking for. Then when I met Stuart, my opinion about all that changed.' Giving followers glimpses into their lives over the years, Burrell posted a month after their wedding, in a 2021 Thanksgiving post, 'A new home, a wedding, a stepson, great family, great friends, good health, great fans and just so much more!!! Lots of love to all!!!' 8 Anne Burrell at the Austin Food and Wine Festival. Scott Moore/Shutterstock Two years after their nuptials, the couple was still as in love as ever. 'I have to say, I love being married,' Burrell told People in 2023. 'We're together all the time because Stuart works from home. It's the being together all the time, but it's also the adventure together.' 'It's been wonderful, to say the least,' echoed Claxton. 'Anne and I hadn't lived together before we moved in and got married, so it's been a whole adventure, but very lovely at the same time.' The businessman has yet to address Burrell's death, however, her family confirmed the news in a statement to People on Tuesday. 8 Anne Burrell in 2015. Larry Marano/Shutterstock 'Anne was a beloved wife, sister, daughter, stepmother, and friend — her smile lit up every room she entered,' they shared. 'Anne's light radiated far beyond those she knew, touching millions across the world. Though she is no longer with us, her warmth, spirit, and boundless love remain eternal.' A cause of death has yet to be revealed. That same day, police officers shared that EMS 'responded and pronounced her deceased on scene,' sharing that the 911 call was originally for a reported cardiac arrest. 8 Anne Burrell at Grand Tasting Village in Miami, Florida. Gcaballero/Southbeachphoto/Shutterstock On Thursday, sources told The Post Burell's body was found next to dozens of pills. The author's death is still an ongoing investigation. Burrell is best known for hosting 'Worst Cooks in America' on Food Network for 27 seasons, from 2010 to 2024. After her passing, a representative from Food Network shared with The Post: 'Anne was a remarkable person and culinary talent — teaching, competing and always sharing the importance of food in her life and the joy that a delicious meal can bring. Our thoughts are with Anne's family, friends and fans during this time of tremendous loss.' 8 Anne Burrell and her husband Stuart Claxton. chefanneburrell/Instagam During her time at the Food Network, Burrell became close pals with Rachael Ray — who judged 'Worst Cooks' from 2015 to 2017 — and fellow chef Alex Guarnaschelli. Both ladies paid tribute to Burrell, with Ray, 56, writing in part, 'I'll miss her friendship deeply. Everyone whose life she touched will miss her. Sending love to Stuart and everyone who knew and loved Anne. We've lost someone truly special.' Guarnaschelli, 55, noted in her own post, 'Make this moment about her. She'd want you to go out, raise a glass, sing karaoke (including this Sia song–one of her favorite 'Worst Cooks' warm up songs) and be able to say, like she does, #ilovewhatido –so do it for her. In her honor.'
Straits Times
18-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Straits Times
Anne Burrell, chef and Food Network television star, dies at 55
Anne Burrell at her restaurant, Phil & Anne's Good Time Lounge, in New York on Aug 25, 2016. PHOTO: AN RONG XU/NYTIMES NEW YORK – Anne Burrell, an American chef and television personality known for her kinetic swoop of blonde hair and an energy to match, died in Brooklyn, New York, on June 16. She was 55. 'Anne was a beloved wife, sister, daughter, stepmother and friend,' her family said in a statement, which did not mention a cause of death. 'Her smile lit up every room she entered. Anne's light radiated far beyond those she knew, touching millions across the world. Though she is no longer with us, her warmth, spirit and boundless love remain eternal.' Burrell spent years working in Italian restaurants in Manhattan, including Savoy Restaurant and Felidia Ristorante, before ascending to household fame on US cable channel Food Network. She began as a sous chef on reality cooking series Iron Chef America (2005 to 2018) to American celebrity chef Mario Batali, but her distinctive swagger made her stand apart from even the effusive Batali, prompting the network to offer her a show of her own. That show, Secrets Of A Restaurant Chef premiered in 2008 and ran for nine seasons until 2012. Burrell remained a staple of Food Network, hosting the hit show Worst Cooks In America (2010 to present) and appearing regularly on network favourites like Chopped (2009 to present) and Food Network Star (2005 to 2018). In a statement, a spokesperson for Food Network said: 'Anne was a remarkable person and culinary talent – teaching, competing and always sharing the importance of food in her life and the joy that a delicious meal can bring.' Burrell and her business partner Phil Casaceli also briefly ran Phil & Anne's Good Time Lounge, a Brooklyn restaurant that she described as 'funky, cool and homey'. It closed in 2018, less than a year after opening. Anne W. Burrell was born on Sept 21, 1969, in Cazenovia, New York, and followed a love for the late American chef-author Julia Child all the way to Italy, where she attended the Italian Culinary Institute for Foreigners. When she returned to the US in 1998, she was hired to work at Felidia Ristorante, where she met the famed chef Lidia Bastianich. American chef Claudette Zepeda, who competed alongside Burrell on Food Network show House Of Knives (2025), said the latter had her fair share of 'phoenix moments' in which she had to rise from dark times, including stepping out from underneath the shadow of Batali, who in 2017 was accused of sexually harassing women who worked for him. 'Coming out as her own human being and her own autonomous competitor was a huge moment for her,' Zepeda said. 'Everyone just put those two together and assumed there was complacency. Having to come out of that world and forge her own path as her own person - as Anne Burrell - wasn't easy for her.' But Burrell had an intensity that made her a force to be reckoned with both on and off screen. 'She was the most competitive person ever,' said American chef and television personality Scott Conant, who was her co-star on Worst Cooks In America. 'I beat her on Worst Cooks once for a special. My team beat her team. She didn't talk to me for three months after that, she was so angry.' That relentless spirit won her admiration from the young cooks who competed on her shows, Conant added. 'She was unapologetic and defined herself and told her story through food.' Burrell is survived by her husband Stuart Claxton, a marketing executive whom she married in 2021; her mother Marlene Burrell; her younger sister Jane Burrell-Uzcategui; and her stepson Javier Claxton. Burrell brought her perfectionism to two bestselling cookbooks, Cook Like A Rock Star: 125 Recipes, Lessons, And Culinary Secrets (2011) and Own Your Kitchen: Recipes To Inspire & Empower (2013). Suzanne Lenzer, a food stylist, cookbook author and Burrell's collaborator on both cookbooks, said: 'She had a strong voice. And strong opinions.' 'She hated pepper,' Lenzer recalled. 'She said it was a spice like horseradish. Why would you put pepper on everything?' Burrell made an exception for pasta carbonara. 'She didn't even like it in carbonara,' Lenzer added, 'but knew it had to be in there because it's traditional.' NYTIMES Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
