Anne Burrell
| Born | September 21, 1969 [1] Cazenovia, New York |
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| Education | Culinary Institute of America Canisius College Italian Culinary Institute for Foreigners |
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Anne W. Burrell (born September 21, 1969) is an American chef, TV personality, and instructor at the Institute of Culinary Education in New York City. She is the host of the Food Network show Secrets Of a Restaurant Chef and co-host of Worst Cooks in America, where she is currently undefeated thus far. She is also one of Iron Chef Mario Batali's sous chefs in the Iron Chef America series and appears on other programs on the network such as The Best Thing I Ever Ate. She was a contestant on the fourth season of The Food Network competition show, The Next Iron Chef Super Chefs being eliminated in episode 6.
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[edit] Early life and education
Burrell was born September 21 of 1969 in Cazenovia, New York.[2] She attended Canisius College in Buffalo and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in English in 1991.[2]
A year later, Burrell enrolled at the Culinary Institute of America, eventually graduating in 1996 with an Associate in Occupational Studies (A.O.S.).[3] She also studied at the Italian Culinary Institute for Foreigners in Asti in the Piedmont region.
[edit] Career
[edit] Restaurants
After the ICIF experience, Burrell remained in Italy, working in various restaurants for nine months.[2] She worked at La Bottega del '30, a small restaurant in Tuscany with one seating each night.
Burrell returned to the U.S. as a sous chef at Felidia, owned by celebrity chef Lidia Bastianich.[2] The connection with Bastianich would help her career. She became the chef at Savoy, a small prix fixe dining room. After Savoy, Burrell began teaching at the Culinary Institute of America. Lidia Bastianich's son and restaurateur, Joseph Bastianich, and Chef Mario Batali named Burrell the chef for Italian Wine Merchants, their New York wine store.[2] The Batali connection would further propel her career.
She later became the executive chef of Centro Vinoteca, an Italian restaurant in New York City's West Village area which opened in 2007. She left the restaurant in September 2008 due to her busy schedule and many commitments.[4] The departure also meant that she would not start at Gusto Ristorante,[5] as both of the restaurants are part of Mangia Hospitality Group. Burrell planned to open her first restaurant in 2010 in New York City.[6]
[edit] Television
In 2005, Iron Chef Mario Batali asked Burrell to serve as one of his sous chefs, along with Chef and Restaurateur Mark Ladner, for a pilot taping of Food Network’s the Iron Chef America series. She has continued to serve as his sous chef.
Burrell's Food Network show, Secrets Of a Restaurant Chef, debuted June 29, 2008. In 2009, she appeared on another Food Network show, The Best Thing I Ever Ate, in which chefs recount their favorite dishes.
In 2010, Burrell and Chef Beau MacMillan hosted a Food Network reality series named Worst Cooks in America.[7] Burrell and her co-host lead contestants through a "culinary boot camp" on their journey to become better cooks. The first season premiered on January 3, 2010, and the second season premiered on January 2, 2011. In the second season, Chef MacMillan was replaced by Chef Robert Irvine.
In 2011, Burrell became the fourth runner up in the culinary competition the Next Iron Chef on the Food Network, being eliminated in week six.
[edit] Other projects
In 2009, Burrell has also appeared with fellow Food Network personality Guy Fieri on the Guy Fieri Roadshow.[8][9]
Burrell, along with fellow Food Network personalities Sunny Anderson and Claire Robinson, appeared in the 2009 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on the Food Network float.[10]
Burrell will host an 11-day Food Network cruise throughout the Mediterranean and across the Atlantic aboard the brand new Celebrity Silhouette in late 2011.[11]
[edit] References
- ^ http://twitter.com/chefanneburrell/statuses/44969804074987520
- ^ a b c d e Debra S. Park Secrets of a Restaurant Chef Canisius College Magazine, Fall 2008 (Accessed November 14, 2009)
- ^ http://www.ciachef.edu/admissions/spotlight/spotlight.asp?iSpotID=748
- ^ Breaking Eaterwire Anne Burrell Out at Centro Vinoteca Eater NY September 22, 2008 (Accessed November 22, 2009)
- ^ http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/archives/2008/06/anne_burrells_s.php
- ^ Anne Burrell Boils Over With 'Worst Cooks,' Fast Food AOL PopEater (Accessed February 1, 2010)
- ^ Gina Salamone Worst Cooks In America: New reality show will try to whip them into shape[Daily News (New York)|NY Daily News] November 11, 2009 (Accessed November 22, 2009)
- ^ Jim Ridley Win Free Tickets to the Guy Fieri Roadshow Nashville Scene, November 20, 2009 (Accessed November 22, 2009)
- ^ http://www.azcentral.com/thingstodo/dining/articles/2009/11/10/20091110fieri.html
- ^ http://sunnyanderson.blogspot.com/2009/11/turkey-links-sausage-links-macys-links.html (Accessed November 28, 2009)
- ^ http://www.foodnetworktravel.com/spc/FN.COM2011
