Anne W. Burrell, an American TV chef, and the former Institute of Culinary Education instructor and a TV presenter. Burrell hosts Secrets of a Restaurant Chef on the Food Network and the co-host of Worst Cooks in America. Anne Burrell, in her Food Network Series Secrets of a Restaurant Cook she demonstrates easy-to-master techniques and her trademark spikey blonde locks. Chef Burrell was employed at some of the most prestigious New York restaurants and studied Italian food traditions and environment. In addition, she appeared on Food Network's Iron Chef America. As a child in the region of upstate New York area, Chef Burrell discovered a love for cooking and food at a young age. She furthered her interest in working in the restaurant business by enrolling in The Culinary Institute of America after obtaining a degree in English and communication from Canisius College, Buffalo NY. I was awed by every minute that I was a student at The Culinary Institute of America she states. It wa...