Ross Burden
{{Short description|New Zealand chef}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1968|12|16}}
| birth_place = Napier, New Zealand
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2014|07|17|1968|12|16}}
| death_place = Auckland, New Zealand
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| known_for = Celebrity chef
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Ross Kelvin Burden (16 December 1968 – 17 July 2014) was a celebrity chef from New Zealand.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/chef_biogs/b.shtml?ross_burden |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120721180818/http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/chef_biogs/b.shtml?ross_burden |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-21 |title=Chef biographies - B |publisher=BBC |accessdate=2010-01-20 }} His early career was as a model and he became a chef later in life, using cooking skills learned from his grandmother.{{Cite web|date=2014-07-29|title=Ross Burden obituary|url=http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/jul/29/ross-burden|access-date=2021-11-13|website=The Guardian|language=en}}
Career
Burden's professional television career began after he reached the final of the BBC series MasterChef 1993. He frequently appeared on Ready Steady Cook[https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/chef_biogs/a.shtml Chef biogs]. BBC. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080317140707/http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/chef_biogs/a.shtml |date=March 17, 2008 }} for at least eight years, filmed a healthy-eating video with Joan Collins, and made at least five series for Taste.
Burden published at least two books and wrote columns for two magazines. In May 2006, he appeared on The X Factor: Battle of the Stars along with fellow chefs Jean-Christophe Novelli, Aldo Zilli and Paul Rankin. In 2010, Burden judged the first season of MasterChef New Zealand with Simon Gault and Ray McVinnie.
Personal life and death
Burden was born in Napier, New Zealand,{{cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/10290333/Celebrity-chef-Ross-Burden-dies |title=Celebrity chef Ross Burden dies |publisher=Stuff.co.nz |date= 20 July 2014|accessdate=2014-07-22}} and brought up there, attending Taradale High School. He studied at the University of Auckland, supporting himself with work as a model, and graduated with a degree in zoology. A self-taught cook, Burden hosted and was a guest on programmes across the world. He was once voted one of the UK's most eligible bachelors. He was gay.{{Cite web|url=http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/07/28/masterchef-star-ross-burden-dies-aged-45/|title=MasterChef star Ross Burden dies aged 45|date=28 July 2014}}
Burden died in Auckland on 17 July 2014 of an infection relating to treatment for leukaemia. In November 2014, it was revealed Burden had died of Legionnaires' disease due to the infected water supply in the hospital.{{cite web |url=http://www.heavenaddress.com/Ross-Kelvin-Burden/764869/obituary |title=The Memorial of Ross Kelvin Burden |date=July 2014|accessdate = 18 July 2014|publisher = H Morris Funeral Services}}{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11296564 |title=Former TV chef loses battle with illness at 45 |newspaper=The New Zealand Herald |date=2014-05-23 |accessdate=2014-07-22}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/ready-steady-cook-star-ross-4678361|title = Ready Steady Cook star Ross Burden 'died from Legionnaires' disease because of infected water supply'| website=Daily Mirror |date = 23 November 2014}}
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