Food Network star Anne Burrell’s sudden death last month at age 55 has been ruled a suicide, according to the New York Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

She worked at New York’s Felidia restaurant, under the famed chef Lidia Bastianich, and got her start as a TV personality as a sous chef to Mario Batali on the “Iron Chef” competition.

Her career progressed steadily until she caught the attention of celebrity chef Mario Batali, who made her one of his sous chefs for a pilot taping of Food Network's Iron Chef America in 2005.

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Authorities pronounced her dead at the scene. She was 55. Beginning on Food Network on “Iron Chef,” Burrell served as sous-chef to Mario Batali from the show’s beginning in 2005.

Born and raised in New York, Burrell first appeared on the Food Network in 2005 as a sous chef for celebrity chef Mario Batali on “Iron Chef America.” Later on, she became a host on the ...

Burrell, 55, rose to fame as the accomplished Italian sous-chef beside star TV chef Mario Batali on the Food Network’s Iron Chef America.

Authorities pronounced her dead at the scene. She was 55. Beginning on Food Network on “Iron Chef,” Burrell served as sous-chef to Mario Batali from the show’s beginning in 2005.

She broke into TV when Mario Batali invited her to work for Italian Wine Merchants and later appointed her his sous chef on Iron Chef America in 2005.

Burrell began her culinary career at the former Daniel Webster’s Restaurant in Syracuse before landing a job as Mario Batali’s sous chef on “Iron Chef America” in 2005.

"Worst Cooks in America" star Anne Burrell died by suicide, Fox News Digital confirmed. Burrell was found unconscious and unresponsive on June 17.