The celebrity chef served as a mentor on the cooking competition show for 27 seasons, alongside some fellow famous foodies

Anne Burrell, 'Worst Cooks in America' host and Food Network star, has died at 55 in her Brooklyn home according to a family statement

Anne Burrell, the popular former restaurant chef who hosted the Food Network’s “Secrets of a Restaurant Chef” and co-hosted “Worst Cooks in America,” died Tuesday in Brooklyn. She was 55. “Anne was a remarkable person and culinary talent – teaching, competing and always sharing the importance of food in her life and the joy that …