Anne Burrell was the New York Times bestselling author of Cook Like a Rock Star and Own Your Kitchen. She hosted Food Network’s Secrets of a Restaurant Chef and Chef Wanted with Anne Burrell and co-hosted Worst Cooks in America. A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, Anne worked at Lidia Bastianich’s Felidia and Peter Hoffman’s Savoy and taught at the Institute of Culinary Education. She passed away in 2025.