Overview

• Officers from the NYPD’s 76th Precinct discovered Burrell unconscious and pronounced her dead at the scene that morning
• Her family and Food Network have confirmed her passing and described her as a beloved wife, sister, daughter, stepmother and friend
• Burrell rose to fame with appearances on Iron Chef America and Secrets of a Restaurant Chef before mentoring contestants on Worst Cooks in America for more than a decade
• She most recently competed on Food Network’s House of Knives in March and had been taking improv classes at Second City in New York
• An active philanthropist, Burrell supported City Harvest, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and the Garden of Dreams Foundation