We hear that congratulations are due to Anne Burrell, who despite the chafing of numerous Internet trolls, has had her new show, Secrets of a Restaurant Chef, picked up by the Food Network, which ordered thirteen new episodes. (We have a call in at the Food Network, which has not yet confirmed.) Elsewhere in food TV, Bravo has announced a spinoff series called Top Chef: Masters, which “unites some of the brightest stars in the world of food, award-winning, widely-renowned Chefs who will compete against each other in a series of weekly challenges.” We have some calls in for more info: Will this just be an Iron Chef ripoff? Or will it be endowed with the special, cheesy drama of Top Chef? More to come.

Earlier: How Many People Watched Anne Burrell on TV?

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Anne Burrell’s new Food Network TV show, Secrets of a Restaurant Chef, has gotten a stormy reception among Netizens. But is it actually doing well? The premiere episode had 662,000 viewers, says Allison Page, the Food Network's vice-president of programming. That was a 21 percent increase over Simply Delicioso, which ran previously in the time slot. The Food Network plans to air six episodes of Secrets of a Restaurant Chef, but could order another ten or so. Anne Burrell, like us, will have to wait and see.

Related: Citizen Critics Weigh In on Anne Burrell’s New Show

Centro Vinoteca chef Anne Burrell’s Food Network show, Secrets of a Restaurant Chef, premiered early Sunday morning, but not too early for Internet commenters. There are threads on eGullet and Yelp, but the longest by far is over at Serious Eats, where some viewers jumped on the chef with both feet, hectoring her for “doing a song and dance routine while talking non-stop.” Others blamed Burrell's producers: “[S]he doesn't have to be 'Truck stop Millie' .. If they let her be her self she will be fine!” But there are fans, too: “A total breath of fresh air. As soon as she told me to ‘brown the crap’ out of the veggies for the Bolognese I was hooked.” Did you see it? Leave your thoughts in our comments.

The verdict! Anne Burrell's new show - Did you watch? [Serious Eats]

Earlier: Anne Burrell Ready for Her Food Network Close-up

Anne Burrell’s rapidly rising star is about to go up a little higher. The Centro Vinoteca chef, poised to create an all-new menu for Gusto, is about to get her own cooking show on the Food Network. Secrets of a Restaurant Chef is to premiere on June 29 at 10:30 a.m. and will feature Burrell, previously known to TV viewers as Mario Batali’s spiky-haired Iron Chef assistant, making rustic Italian recipes, some of which, like brined pork chops, they can enjoy if they hightail it over to the restaurant. 10:30 am is pretty early to be thinking about pork chops, but we plan to watch with rapt attention.