Anne Burrell was a staple on Food Network, where she hosted, cooked and judged culinary competitions, sharing her exacting techniques and blunt persona with audiences and co-stars. After her sudden death Tuesday at age 55,

Carla Hall, Aaron Sanchez and others in the food world are paying tribute to late chef and Food Network star Anne Burrell, who died Tuesday. She was 55 years old.

Celebrity chef  Anne Burrell may have gone into cardiac arrest before she suddenly died in her Brooklyn apartment this week.