On June 17th, we lost Food Network’s best cook, Anne Burrell. Today, the network announced how they plan on honoring her.
On June 25, they will air three programs, two of which are dedicated to her work on Worst Cooks in America. The series that made her a household name, and why we loved the spiky blonde so much!
Then, on July 28th, we will get to see her final time as a mentor on Worst Cooks, this time the contestants are Talented and Terrible. Although, isn’t that what they always are?
If that is not enough of the chef for you, the channel cooked up more about her at Foodnetwork.com/AnneBurrell.
“Anne Burrell was a one-of-a-kind talent whose loss is being deeply felt by family, friends and fans,” said Betsy Ayala, Head of Content, Food, Warner Bros. Discovery. “With these special programming events, we hope to honor Anne and celebrate her impact on Food Network and beyond, and to offer fans a way to remember her passion and culinary prowess that ran through everything she did.”
I did not check out a lot of Food Network programs, but I did watch the celebrity version of Worst Cooks. So, I, like millions of others, was devastated when we heard the shocking news.
To read about the programming highlighting her, then
Wednesday, June 25 – Special Anne Burrell Programming Block
· 10pm ET/PT – Guy’s Grocery Games – “All-Stars and A-Lister Dinners”
Culinary titans Anne Burrell, Eric Greenspan, Jet Tila and Marcel Vigneron aren’t spared Guy Fieri’s twists when a bowling game selects some strikingly bizarre ingredients for a hearty lunch. Next, the chefs have to think outside the boxed foods and make their best dish using processed items from the middle aisles of the store. Then, the chefs experience real highs and lows when the feared Food Wheel determines the high-end and low-end ingredients in their A-list dinner. One All-Star chef goes on a shopping spree for charity worth up to $20,000.
· 11pm ET/PT – Worst Cooks in America: Worst of the Worst
Count down the top 15 worst dishes ever from Worst Cooks in America. Terrible cooks from across the land present their worst-ever creations, from inedible spicy dishes to crazy flavor combinations that chefs didn’t dare taste. There’s even a winning dish in which the recruit might have lost a fake nail.
Take a deep dive into the boot camp training on Worst Cooks in America. The colorful cast of terrible cooks display their “skills” — from crazy knife techniques to struggles with mysterious vegetables — and almost burn down the camp with grease fires. Chef mentors will teach, but there’s only so much that Worst Cooks can learn!
Worst Cooks in America: Talented and Terrible – New Season Premieres Monday, July 28 at 9pm ET/PT
In the premiere episode, chefs Anne Burrell and Gabe Bertaccini have their work cut out for them as they attempt to turn a bunch of culinary train wrecks into kitchen stars, but first, they need to know what they are up against. The recruits kick things off with their signature showstopper dish, and in the main dish challenge, they tackle the ultimate test: recreating the chefs’ “winner winner chicken dinner.” Those with promise move on while the rest face elimination. Across the season, with guidance from Anne and Gabe, the recruits will tackle restaurant classics, try to master global cuisines, and compete in the fan-favorite Remote Control Chef challenge, in their bid to be the best of the worst.
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