What is Ross Burden?
'''Ross Kelvin Burden''' (16 December 1968 &ndash; 17 July 2014) was a [[New Zealand]] [[celebrity chef]]. In May 2006, he appeared on ''[[The X Factor: Battle of the Stars]]'' along with chefs [[Jean-Christophe Novelli]], [[Aldo Zilli]] and [[Paul Rankin]]. He also judged the first season of [[MasterChef New Zealand]] in 2010. He published at least two books and wrote columns for two magazines. Burden was born in [[Napier, New Zealand|Napier]]. He moved to the [[United Kingdom]] during the early 1990s. Burden died from an infection caused by [[cancer]] treatment on 17 July 2014 in [[Auckland]]. He was 45 and had a form of [[leukemia]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/masterchef-host-ross-burden-dies-after-cancer-treatment-6033248|title=Masterchef host Ross Burden dies after cancer treatment|publisher=[[TVNZ]]|date=21 July 2014|accessdate=21 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/10290333/Celebrity-chef-Ross-Burden-dies|title=Celebrity chef Ross Burden dies|work=stuff.co.nz|date=21 July 2014|accessdate=21 July 2014}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{IMDb name|1008981}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Burden, Ross}} [[Category:1966 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Chefs]] [[Category:Columnists]] [[Category:Infectious disease deaths in New Zealand]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in New Zealand]] [[Category:Deaths from leukemia]] [[Category:Entertainers from North Island]] [[Category:People from Napier, New Zealand]] [[Category:New Zealand writers]] [[Category:Gay men]] {{Bio-stub}}