Food Network paid tribute to Anne Burrell during Monday's season premiere of Worst Cooks in America. The season 29 premiere kicked off Burrell's final season as a mentor on the show, just a month after the celebrity chef was found dead in her Brooklyn, N.Y. home at 55.

"Something that struck me was she really cared, not only the entertainment side of things, but she really cared for the people that were there," Gabe Bertaccini says

Anne Burrell will appear in Season 29 of Worst Cooks in America, filmed before her tragic death by suicide last month -- here's how the premiere honored her memory.

Anne Burrell was barely mentioned at all during the premiere of 'Worst Cooks in America,' leading viewers to rip the Food Network for its 'disrespect.'

Food Network Pays Tribute to Anne Burrell on Final Season of 'Worst Cooks in America' originally appeared on Parade. Food Network paid tribute to chef Anne Burrell on Monday, July 28 during the premiere of her final season as a mentor in Worst Cooks in America : Talented and Terrible.