Overview

• Authorities discovered Burrell unresponsive at her Brooklyn home on June 17 and pronounced her dead at the scene.
• The Office of Chief Medical Examiner is conducting an autopsy to establish the cause of her sudden passing.
• Burrell rose to fame as a sous chef on Iron Chef America before hosting Secrets of a Restaurant Chef and mentoring on Worst Cooks in America for 27 seasons.
• Peers and Food Network colleagues lauded her energetic teaching style, her philanthropic work with City Harvest and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, and her bestselling cookbooks.
• She is survived by her husband Stuart Claxton, stepson Javier, mother Marlene, sister Jane and brother Ben.