Anne Burrell, a chef and television personality whose joyful demeanor made her a beloved fixture on the Food Network, has died, according to the network. She was 55. Burrell died Tuesday morning at her home in New York,

Anne Burrell, an acclaimed chef from upstate New York, hosted "Secrets of a Restaurant Chef," "Worst Cooks in America" and other popular Food Network shows.

The beloved TV chef and media personality was pronounced in her Brooklyn home Tuesday morning, but had been talking up various projects and her four-year wedding anniversary in the months before.