Anne Burrell was enjoying her improv comedy show on Monday, June 16, sources tell PEOPLE. The celebrity chef was then found “unconscious and unresponsive” after she unexpectedly died on Tuesday, June 17.

Anne Burrell embraced comedy the night before her shocking death. The 55-year-old chef performed an improv show at The Second City New York in Brooklyn on Monday night. She was found dead at her home in Brooklyn the following day.

A representative for Food Network confirmed to EW that Burrell died Tuesday at her home in New York. "Anne was a remarkable person and culinary talent — teaching, competing and