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Everyone's banging on here about Ann being a "Pro Chef", and how she's a great restaurant professional. What separates a Chef from a cook is the ability to lead a group of kitchen staff to believe in your food and produce it faithfully and consistently.
Ann was fired from Centro Vinoteca for making a real mess of the team there, both front and back of house. Her cooks didn't respect her and turned over at a rate you wouldn't believe. She was arrogant and offensive to the service staff, allowed no dietary adjustments, and peered out of her open kitchen, judging and belittling guests, and sniggering at peoples' dress sense or haircuts with her singular floor staff ally. She would not accept constructive criticism, preferring to send out sub-standard dishes than admit she's human and needs help from the experienced crew around her.
Secrets of a Restaurant Chef. The only secrets that this cook, who was fired from her last restaurant, could share, would be along the lines of how to lose friends, a clientele, a reputation for good food, the faith of an entire restaurant crew, and healthy arteries.
There is one, singular useful message that I take from Anne Burrell. Brown food does indeed, taste good, and I remember it every time I cook. As for anything else, let the sycophancy rest. Unless you haven't noticed, no-one's rushing to hire this "Restaurant Chef". Her reputation in this industry is completely shot.

Anne Burrell is a Pro Chef. I can't believe TVFN had the good sense to put her on their network! Anne is great to watch as she shows her many years of training as they apply to the home cook and has fun with it. There is nothing more annoying that someone dissing an actual honest to goodness Chef in favor of some make believe "YUMMO" queen! You people who don't like Anne should turn off the tv and wait a half hour until some empty headed marketing goof comes on to wow you with the things you can do with semi homemade beans in a freaking can!
HOLY S#!*, MERRY CHRISTMAS, WHERE'S THE F#!@$*% TYLENOL ?!

@Jerzee and Chiff: what are clean sheets? The Niblet keeps me on my toes and the laundry is piling up....

I've watched Chef Anne once or twice and I love her enthusiasm. I was a bit surprised at the way she talked ("treat it like a step child, just ignore it" caught me off guard) and how animated she was, but only because that kind of in-your-face behavior is not the norm on FN. Guy is pretty laid back and out there but everyone is subdued or annoyingly perky-perfect. I haven't been able to watch it much, however. See above reference to the Niblet.

I once watched Martha iron sheets and then fold them. This was like someone running nails on a chalkboard. My linen closets are pretty damn good but holy shit this woman is the OCD queen. I am not ironing sheets in 2009. If you come to my house the sheets are clean and fluffy and folded right out of the dryer and they have some wrinkles.

@Elly - your quote is totally t-shirt worthy.

I said it the first time and I'll say it again: Anne Burrell's the best thing on FN.
And...@EllyEats...that was hysterical and too true.

i'd like to see someone replace her :-S

I don't want my chefs perfect. I want them making a mess, drizzling earl and showing me the talent...

Real. It's got to be real. A manufactured personality is fun for about fifteen minutes. When you realize you're being taught to cook by a vapid kewpie doll or pretty-boy who really knows squat about cooking - well I'm downright insulted by that.

Chef Ann's information is like anything else. Take what you need and leave the rest. I love her combinations of flavors and her spot-on demos of techniques, but I could live without the six and a half pounds of salt she blizzards all over everything. (I don't fear salt and use what I construe to be an ample amount - but I get her point.)

I do the same with Martha Stewart. Her glazed onions? Divine and completely worthy of my holiday table. I learn. I apply. Instructions on bee keeping and making my own paper? Not so much.

Ohhh, izzy--you really shouldn't ask simon open-ended questions like that. Dangerous territory.

@iz - a burger, rare, and a strawberry milkshake :)

@thehostess: correct me if i'm wrong but i'm 99.9% sure she's a dyke.

As far as the salt comments go: do you follow every recipe dogmatically? Use less salt! Use more pepper if you want to. You are completely and utterly missing the point of what cooking is all about.

Yes, she is a wealth of knowledge, and when I watch her show, I feel like those 30 minutes actually count for something, you know?

Also, Anne as a heavy breather? Have you watched The Barefoot Contessa?

I too like Anne Burrell even if she's a bit quirky. Her show is very informative, which as many others have said, is more than I can say about 90% of FN's material these days. Also, NO ONE is more annoying than Guy Fieri.

@BangieB--Tyler also says "mm-kay" a lot. Drives me bonkers, but I've gotten some great recipes from him.