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,

Bobby Flay remembered chef Anne Burrell in a moving post on social media, just days after the Food Network star was found dead at 55. “Worst Cooks in America was the funnest show on TV,” Flay said of the hit show that Burrell hosted.

Anne Burrell may have suffered cardiac arrest prior to her death, a spokesperson for the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) told Newsweek on Thursday. The Food Network icon died on Tuesday at the age of 55 at her home in Brooklyn,