It's Gabe Bertaccini's first season of "Worst Cooks in America." He jumped at the chance to be part of the “iconic show with the iconic Anne Burrell.”

Anne Burrell 's final appearance on Worst Cooks in America premieres this week, just days after her cause of death was officially confirmed. Worst Cooks in America: Talented and Terrible brings back the beloved celebrity chef one last time as a mentor on the Food Network competition show she helped launch in 2010.

Anne Burrell made a poignant gesture to her Worst Cooks in America co-star before her shock death aged 55. Last month, Burrell, who hosted Secrets of a Restaurant Chef and co-hosted Worst Cooks, was found dead inside her Brooklyn apartment and 'surrounded by pills'. Her cause of death was confirmed as suicide this week.