Anne Burrell

Anne W. Burrell, an American television chef and the former Institute of Culinary Education instructor, is a TV personality. Burrell hosts Secrets of a Restaurant Chef at Food Network. Food Network. Anne Burrell, a Food Network star with her trademark spikey blonde hair and exuberant personality, shares easy techniques to master and reduces anxiety about restaurant food in her series Secrets of a Restaurant. Burrell is a chef who has been in the kitchen for a long time. Burrell is also an experienced chef of New York City's best restaurants. She has also studied Italy's culinary tradition and culture, and the surrounding landscape. When she was a kid in Upstate New York Chef Burrell was inspired by food. She pursued her passion for the restaurant industry by enrolling at The Culinary Institute of America following her graduation in English as well as Communication at Canisius College, Buffalo NY. She says "I was a huge Culinary Institute of American student. I loved every minute of it." It was hard to study and do enough or put in the hours. Following graduation, Chef Burrell was in Italy for a year, studying at the Italian Culinary Institute for Foreigners. Also, she was employed at La Taverna del Lupo and La Bottega del 30 (a Michelin starred restaurant) in Tuscany. The chef gained an appreciation of Italian culture and cuisine while in Italy that has informed her cooking style. Burrell has been a member of the Garden of Dreams Foundation Advisory Board to improve the lives of children who face challenges. She is also a Juvenile Research Foundation Celebrity ambassador where she advocates for the awareness of the condition known as juvenile diabetes. Burrell travels extensively across the country in her role in the capacity of mentor and public speaker in which she speaks about her career and love of cooking. Anne always felt fortunate that she could share the passion that she had for sharing her cooking skills with other people.