Anne Burrell’s Good friend Reveals Her Haunting Goodbye

The culinary world is reeling after the sudden loss of life of TV chef Anne Burrell, who was discovered unresponsive in her Brooklyn condo on June 17.

At simply 55, Burrell’s passing has surprised followers and pals alike, particularly one fellow chef who had simply reconnected together with her days earlier than her tragic loss of life.

Burrell’s surprising loss of life has left many in disbelief, together with her longtime buddy and fellow chef, Elizabeth Falkner.

In a chat with the Day by day Mail, Falkner shared how the pair had lately reconnected, making the loss really feel much more private.

“I feel Anne appears to be like like she’s in fairly first rate form today, so it is form of stunning to me,” Falkner stated, recalling their dinner collectively on June 9 at Soho Home in New York. “It is simply actually so sudden and surprising.”

The New York Hearth Division responded to a report of cardiac arrest at Burrell’s condo.

Whereas the Chief Medical Examiner continues to be figuring out the reason for loss of life, those that noticed her days earlier than stated there have been no seen warning indicators.

The final time Falkner noticed her buddy was simply over every week earlier than her passing, at an intimate ceremonial dinner Falkner hosted.

“I stated, ‘Come to my dinner at Soho Home, it will be nice to see you.’ And she or he introduced her husband, and we simply had such a very good time,” she recalled. “It was simply so candy.”

Burrell adopted up the subsequent day with a heartfelt message. “She’s like, ‘Thanks a lot for inviting us. It was a really beautiful time and really scrumptious. Please ship me some pics so I can put up.'”

The night left a powerful impression on each girls, who agreed to remain in nearer contact going ahead.

“We had been like, ‘Let’s simply make a degree of speaking and texting extra usually,'” Falkner added. “I am very grateful to have had that particular evening. I really feel like [our friendship] simply obtained reduce actually brief quick.”

Falkner shared that Burrell gave the impression to be having fun with life past the pressures of tv and advantageous eating. “She simply gave the impression to be in such a very good place,” she stated.

“She stated that she was very a lot having fun with being a stepmother,” Falkner revealed, referring to Burrell’s 20-year-old stepson, Javier. “And her husband’s so candy.”

Balancing life as a chef and TV persona isn’t any simple feat, however Falkner believed her buddy had discovered peace.

“As a result of being a chef and being a tv persona is 2 main full-time jobs, however having fun with your life exterior of that may be difficult. And I feel she was undoubtedly having fun with her life exterior of that complete world of the networks and all that stuff.”

The culinary world is mourning one in all its personal.

“I do know it is vitally private to me what occurred, and I am unable to consider someone even youthful than me has simply handed away,” Falkner stated. “It is near house for all of us. The culinary household is like household, so this hurts loads of us. We simply all really feel it.”

Anne Burrell and Falkner had identified one another for years, with occasional run-ins at occasions and events, together with one memorable second in Rome in 2021 earlier than Burrell married her husband, Stuart Claxton.

Falkner remembered her late buddy as each a strong presence and a heat spirit: “She’s a type of those that’s form of intimidating and positively hardcore as cooks might be… however she was undoubtedly very candy.”