Ross Burden winner of 'MasterChef' has died aged 45. The 'Ready Steady Cook' star and the winner of the 1993 series of 'MasterChef' has passed away after suffering from cancer. Ross died in Auckland City Hospital, New Zealand on July 17 after contracting an infection during a bone marrow transplant. The New Zealand native made waves in the UK after he won the BBC cooking show, 'MasterChef', in 1993. Ross also made several appearances on 'Ready Steady Cook' alongside the presenter and chef Ainsley Harriott. He later returned to the New Zealand version of 'MasterChef' as a judge in 2010. Ross' fellow judge Simon...
- 7/28/2014
- Virgin Media - TV
New Zealand MasterChef host Ross Burden has died at the age of 45.
Burden died after an infection following treatment for cancer, The New Zealand Herald reports.
Burden's sister Kirsten Hughes said that while he was diagnosed with leukaemia last July, he died in Auckland City Hospital on Thursday, July 17 after the infection followed a bone marrow transplant.
"He's just a friendly, compassionate guy - nothing was too much trouble. He was my big, fantastic, incredible, larger-than-life brother," said Hughes.
The self-taught chef reached the final of the BBC MasterChef final in the UK in 1993 and went on to judge the first New Zealand series alongside Simon Gault and Ray McVinnie.
He also was a regular on Ready Steady Cook.
His former MasterChef colleague Gault said: "He was great to work with. He was never a minute without a laugh or a joke - great sense of humour."
A service celebrating...
Burden died after an infection following treatment for cancer, The New Zealand Herald reports.
Burden's sister Kirsten Hughes said that while he was diagnosed with leukaemia last July, he died in Auckland City Hospital on Thursday, July 17 after the infection followed a bone marrow transplant.
"He's just a friendly, compassionate guy - nothing was too much trouble. He was my big, fantastic, incredible, larger-than-life brother," said Hughes.
The self-taught chef reached the final of the BBC MasterChef final in the UK in 1993 and went on to judge the first New Zealand series alongside Simon Gault and Ray McVinnie.
He also was a regular on Ready Steady Cook.
His former MasterChef colleague Gault said: "He was great to work with. He was never a minute without a laugh or a joke - great sense of humour."
A service celebrating...
- 7/28/2014
- Digital Spy
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