Chef Anne Burrell, for a lot of her profession, was often called a lot for her quirky trend sense as she was for her culinary expertise. Along with her signature brief, blond reduce and daring, vibrant make-up, Burrell was additionally well-known for rocking skirts most of the time. Within the wake of her tragic loss of life, which befell on June 17, 2025, fellow chef Carla Corridor honored Burrell’s love of skirts in an announcement about her passing. “I completely cherished working with Anne on Worst Cooks in America,” wrote Corridor (through TV Insider). “She was a fierce chef and teacher — rocking her customized skirts, mismatched socks, and that unforgettable large smile.”

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Previous to Burrell’s passing (and final heartbreaking Instagram submit), she spent ample time speaking about her love of skirts. In April 2019, for instance, Burrell took to Instagram to point out off her spectacular, colourful haul. Alongside a photograph of a rack of brightly coloured, patterned skirts, Burrell wrote: “An entire rack of cooking skirts makes me VERY joyful!!!!” She additionally included the hashtags “#setlife #worstcooks #luckygirl and #ilovewhatido.” One month earlier, Burrell confirmed off one other considered one of her favourite cooking skirts on Fb. “At present’s cooking skirt!!! I simply carry on trucking…. yeah I do know- that was unhealthy…” she captioned a photograph of a trucker-themed skirt set atop a daring pink background.

Mainly? Skirts have been a vital a part of Burrell’s wardrobe — this is why.

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The world {of professional} cooks is essentially considered a boys’ membership, however chef Anne Burrell did not use her wardrobe as a method of becoming in. “That is additionally the rationale why I put on skirts within the kitchen,” Burrell shared throughout Rachael Ray’s “I will Sleep Once I’m Useless” podcast. “It was a manner all the time to kind of keep my femininity. Yeah. I am a badass lady chef — and I personal that, and I really like that — however I am additionally a girl.” Increasing on how she disliked being put in a field, she mentioned, “I feel that it is sort of humorous that since you’re a tricky, robust lady, that you would be able to’t be type and good on the identical time or female. … She’s both robust, or she’s good, or she’s female. Like, why cannot it simply be all of these issues? And why does it must really feel like a novel idea to have a girl that’s all of these sort of issues?”

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Curiously, that is not the one cause that Burrell, who was married to her husband, Stuart Claxton, for 5 years, gravitated to skirts over pants and different gadgets of clothes. Throughout a December 2007 interview with Restaurant Lady, Burrell revealed that her skirts had given her an unlikely increase early in her profession. “The cowgirl skirts are a superb luck allure after we do Iron Chef,” she mentioned. “I wore a kitty skirt one time and we misplaced, by no means once more! I do put on a skirt on a regular basis within the kitchen. I determine if all of the previous girls in Italy put on clothes within the kitchen, why cannot I put on a skirt in NYC? I’ve been doing it for thus lengthy now that I do not assume I may return to pants.”

Anybody who adopted chef Anne Burrell for any size of time is aware of that her affinity for skirts dated again a number of years. In 2015, Burrell even took slightly break from filming “Worst Cooks in America” to point out off extra of her very colourful, and dare we are saying, spectacular, assortment of skirts. “Soooo many pink skirts…… #worstcooks,” she captioned a Fb photograph of a rack of all-red skirts and matching chef tops. After all, her followers authorised of her assortment, with one admirer writing, “Love the pink skirts! And you may rock them like nobody can!!!! Go pink workforce,” within the remark part.

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Due to this fact, it is not stunning that Burrell’s followers have been equally perplexed when she popped up sporting pants in 2016. In a Fb advert for Nancy Boots, she donned an off-the-cuff streetwear look, of which the star of the outfit was blue denims. And although Burrell regarded wonderful in her ‘match, followers could not assist however level out the apparent.” I do not assume I’ve ever seen you in pants! All the time clothes and skirts,” wrote one commenter. “You all the time look good it doesn’t matter what although.” A second wrote, “Take a look at you. It is a first. I’ve by no means seen you in [pants] or denims besides at Christmas on Bobby’s particular once you had on pj’s. Wanting good.”