Originar din Noua Zeelandă, Ross Burden a ajuns în atenţia publicului în 1993, când a câştigat show-ul produs de BBC, MasterChef. De atunci a fost nelipsit din cele mai îndrăgiste emisiuni culinare, devenit un personaj extrem de popular, iar reţetele sale erau urmărite cu sufletul la gură de pasionaţi de gătit din întreaga lume. Revenise în ţara natală de câţiva ani şi făcea parte din juriu la concursul datorită căruia a ajuns celebru.
Anul tecut, vedeta TV a fost diagnosticată cu leucemie, iar acum câteva luni, în urma unei operaţii de transplant măduvă, acesta a făcut o infecţie, în spital. Oraganismul său nu a mai rezistat şi, pe 17 iulie, Ross a încetat din viaţă.
„Era un tip incredibil. Nu pot să cred că a murit. Acum câteva zile înainte vorbea despre locurile pe care ar vrea să le viziteze”, a marturisit sora lui Ross, pentru New Zealand Herald.
Ross Burden s-a născut pe 16 decembrie 1968, în Napier, Noua Zeelandă. După ce a terminat studiile a devenit model, iar mai târziu, mare iubitor de gastronomie, pasiune insuflată de bunica lui, a participat la MasterChef BBC, în 1993, concurs pe care l-a câştigat. A fost de-a lungul vieţii gazda câtorva show-uri culinare în mai multe ţări anglofone. În Marea Britanie devenise extrem de popular şi iubit, mai ales de publicul feminin, fiind declarat cel mai dorit burlac, în anii 2000. A publicat două cărţi de bucate şi a scris la câteva reviste de profil. În mai 2006, Ross ap apărut la „X Factor: Battle of the Stars (UK)”, alături de alţi trei chefi renumiţi, Jean-Christophe Novelli, Aldo Zilli şi Paul Rankin. În 2010 a fost în juriul la MasterChef Noua Zeelandă, alături de Simon Gault şi Ray McVinnie.
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