American television chef (1969–2025) Anne W. Burrell was an American chef, television personality, and instructor at the Institute of Culinary Education. She hosted the Food Network show Secrets of a Restaurant Chef and was co-host of Worst Cooks in America. She was also one of Mario Batali's sous chefs in the Iron Chef America series and appeared on other programs on the network such as The Best Thing I Ever Ate. Wikipedia's most-read article for 2 days in a row: 1,649,731 views in all, peaking at 1,045,992 on June 18, 2025. Tue, Jun 17: 603,739 views Wed, Jun 18: 1,045,992 views Wiki link