Anne Burrell's Fianc Stuart Claxton Has a Grown-Up Son Javier Who Looks like His Carbon Copy

Chef Anne Burrell is newly engaged, and her handsome finacé is about to make her a stepmom to his handsome look-alike son, Javier.

Quarantine has certainly brought a lot of new experiences in to people's lives and is giving families the opportunity to spend time together.

Anne had been previously engaged to award-winning celebrity chef Koren Grieveson

Chef Anne Burrell during the Grand Tasting presented by ShopRite f on October 13, 2019 in New York | Source: Getty Images

LOVE AND THE PANDEMIC

Anne, Stuart, and Javier traveled to her hometown of Cazenovia, New York in order to be with her mother during the COVID-19 quarantine.

SURPRISE DATE NIGHT

Stuart asked Anne's 75-year-old mother for permission to propose to her daughter, and with that lady's connivance, he set up a dinner date for the two of them. He revealed:

"Anne’s mom dressed up the room and decorated it and set the table."

POPPING THE QUESTION

Throughout the whole dinner, Stuart kept bringing the conversation back to how they met --- through the dating app Bumble -- and all they had been through together for the last 2 years.

Then he did something the celebrity chef wasn't expecting: he got down on one knee and asked her to be his wife. Anne confided:

"We finished dinner and I had to clean myself up because I was bawling. (...) My mom had Champagne ready and we had a toast."

A READY-MADE FAMILY

Anne will become a stepmom to a 15-year-old teenager, Javier. Javier is very close to his dad and is a perfect carbon copy of Anne's handsome fiancé. The quarantine is a sterling opportunity for getting to know each other better.

AN UNEXPECTED TURNABOUT

Anne's engagement to Stuart on April 21, 2020, will come as a surprise to her fans. Anne herself had no plans for marriage. She revealed:

"I mean, I am 50. It didn’t seem it would be in the cards for me. I had always been so focused on my career. [Marriage] wasn’t something I thought of."

SECOND ENGAGEMENT

Anne had been previously engaged to award-winning celebrity chef Koren Grieveson. Anne announced her engagement to her long-time girlfriend joyously on Twitter on December 31, 2012.

The couple was planning a wedding in Vieques, Puerto Rico in 2018 when the relationship mysteriously ended. Anne has never revealed the reason behind the breakup.

Anne had previously been involved romantically with women. Stuart is the chef's first known romance with a man, and it is believed that Anne identifies herself as bisexual.

OUTED BY TED ALLEN

Anne revealed at the time that she had never hidden her sexuality, but that she had kept her personal life out of the headlines out of respect for her partner, Koren, who is an intensely private person.

WEDDING PLANS

Stuart and Anne have yet to start making plans for their wedding. The current world situation forbids it, and though they could have a small family ceremony, it is likely the happy couple will want a big wedding. Anne revealed:

“We haven’t started talking about wedding planning yet because stuff is so up in the air. We just want to bask in the glow of this right now."

WHO IS STUART CLAXTON

Little else is known about Stuart, except that he is a father, charming, handsome, and madly in love with everyone's favorite chef.

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