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Chef Anne Burrell described her decision to settle down with husband Stuart Claxton just a few months before her shocking death at age 55.
When Burrell stopped by Tori Spelling’s “misSPELLING” podcast in March, she opened up about giving the dating app Bumble a try in her late 40s.
That’s how she met Claxton, whom she married in October 2021.
Just a few months before her shocking death at age 55, Anne Burrell gushed over settling down with her husband, Stuart Claxton, after decades of living a “rock star chef life.” chefanneburrell/Instagram
In March, the celebrity chef shared how she decided to give the dating app Bumble a try in her late 40s. Getty Images for NYCWFF
The Food Network star said she “enjoyed” the dating app experience, which prompted Spelling, 52, to ask what took her “so long” to give it a try.
“I was living my best life,” Burrell replied. “I was living the rock star chef life.
“I was working a lot, and I had a great social life,” she continued. “But I just started to feel like, ‘All right, you’re getting a little old to keep on doing this. What are we doing? Where are we going in life?’”
The “Worst Cooks in America” mentor explained that she had always told herself she would not get married until she felt like she had “accomplished stuff” and had “something in life to share.”
That’s how she met Claxton, whom she married in October 2021. chefanneburrell/Instagram
The Food Network star, who “enjoyed” the dating app experience, explained why it took her “so long” to try it. Brian Zak/Page Six
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She added that having children was never on her “radar,” noting that she loved being an aunt to her nieces and nephews.
“Stuart has a son, so now I’m a stepmom,” she said of Javier, 20, calling that the “perfect amount of parenting time.”
In her Instagram tribute to Burrell following her death, fellow Food Network personality Rachael Ray also referred to her late friend as a “rockstar,” emphasizing how “honored” she was when Burrell asked her to be a bridesmaid in her wedding.
Chef Alex Guarnaschelli, who was also present for Burrell’s big day, recalled how “excited” her pal was “to get married and celebrate life,” adding, “She was excited to add doting wife and stepmother to her extensive resume of achievements.”
“I was living my best life. I was living the rock star chef life,” Burrell said. Scott Moore/Shutterstock
The “Worst Cooks in America” mentor had not wanted to get married until she felt like she had “accomplished stuff.” Gcaballero/Southbeachphoto/Shutterstock
Claxton — who discovered his wife’s unconscious body on the shower floor, surrounded by pills, on Tuesday morning — has yet to publicly address her death.
However, her family issued a collective statement earlier this week in which they remembered “her warmth, spirit and boundless love.”
After finding Burrell’s body in their Brooklyn, N.Y. home, Claxton was instructed to perform CPR.
The 911 caller was under the belief that she had gone into cardiac arrest, according to a New York City Fire Department spokesperson.
She added that having children was never on her “radar.” Getty Images for NYCWFF
“I’m a stepmom. … That is the perfect amount of parenting for me,” Burrell said of Claxton’s son, Javier. chefanneburrell/Instagam
When first responders arrived, they pronounced Burrell dead at the scene.
She spent her last night alive having a “blast” at an improv show at The Second City New York on Monday.
The cause and manner of Burrell’s death are under investigation.
