Sandra Lee
Sandra Lee was born in Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, United States on July 3rd, 1966 and is the Chef. At the age of 58, Sandra Lee biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Sandra Lee Christiansen (born July 3, 1966) is an American television chef and author.
Lee is best known for her "Semi-Homemade" cooking method, which Lee describes as using 70% pre-packaged products and 30% fresh produce.
She served as Governor Andrew Cuomo's partner from 2011 to 2019, when the couple broke up.
Early life
Lee was born in Santa Monica, California, in 1966, the granddaughter of Vicky Svitak and Wayne Waldroop, who had been high school sweethearts. Sandra Waldroop, her mother, and her younger sister, Cindy, were sent by her mother to live with their paternal grandmother Lorraine Waldroop when she was two years old. Lee's mother and her children migrated to Sumner, Washington, where they later found a new stepfather, who had given the spelling of (Christiansen) Lee in 1972. Vicky had three children in the 1970s: Kimber, Richie, and John Paul. Lee effectively raised her four younger siblings due to her mother's sickness and the absence of her and her siblings' parents. Lee learned how to feed her younger siblings frugally with a combination of food stamps and welfare payments in her youth, an experience that influenced her future approach to cooking.
Lee attended the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse after graduating from Onalaska High School in Onalaska, Wisconsin. Lee's family is Catholic, according to her. She was first raised as a Seventh-day Adventist, but her family later became Jehovah's Witnesses.
She left college to live near a family in Malibu, California, in December of her junior year. She completed a two-week recreational course at Le Cordon Bleu in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Personal life
She was married from 2001 to 2005, becoming married to then-KB Home CEO and philanthropist Bruce Karatz, for whom she converted to Judaism.
Lee began a relationship with Andrew Cuomo, the 56th Governor of New York from 2011 to his resignation in August 2021. In Chappaqua, the two lived in a house owned by Lee. The couple announced on September 25, 2019 that they had ended their relationship.
Lee is reportedly dating Algerian born Abdulwahab Benyoucef, an actor well-known as Ben Youcef, who is 13 years older. Sandra Lee and Ben Youcef's friends are reportedly affectionately refer to them as "Bendra."
Lee revealed on May 12, 2015 that she had been diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer. By then, she had undergone a lumpectomy and was scheduled for a double mastectomy later this week. Governor Cuomo wanted to be with her during and after the operation. She suffered a virus in her right breast in August 2015, which culminated in her going back to bed rest and intravenous medications for three months. In late 2015, Lee announced that she is cancer free.
In 2016, Lee called for the passage of the $91 million "No Excuses" law in New York, which mandated breast cancer screening and eliminated insurance co-pays for mammograms. She then lobbied for other states to pass their own versions of the "No Excuses" bill. In May 2019, Lee spoke at the Susan G. Komen Advocacy Summit for breast cancer advocacy in Washington, D.C. Sandra Lee has also worked with Stand Up to Cancer and created the film Rx: Early Detection.
Career
Lee converted a wire rack and sheets, or other surplus fabric, into decorative drapery in the early 1990s. It was first introduced via infomercials and cable shopping networks. QVC, a home-shopping channel, had recruited her as an on-air expert. Lee's first 18 months saw her sell $20 million worth of merchandise. On its networks in the United Kingdom and Germany, QVC also selected Lee to debut its craft and home decorating categories. She introduced her first DIY home improvement video series in 1994, which has sold more than a million copies.
Sandra Lee, a semi-homemade cook, appeared on the Food Network in 2003. The show lasted for 15 years and appeared in the top three new weekend shows on the network for the first five years. Each episode features entertaining and arts and crafts elements, in which Lee decorates the table setting and kitchen in keeping with the meal's theme. They are referred to as "tablescapes," a term she coined. Sandra's Money Saving Meals, Lee's second Food Network series, debuted on May 10, 2009 in reaction to the Great Recession. She was the only host on the Food Network at the time when two cooking series were running simultaneously. Kurt Soller, a reporter for Newsweek, characterized her as one of the most popular female chefs on television. Her shows have aired in 63 countries as of 2019. Sandra Lee Semi-Homemade: Cool Kids Cooking (October 2006) and Made From Scratch, both of which were released in November 2007, were among her 27 books, including Sandra Lee Semi-Homemade: Cool Kids Cooking (October 2006). On The New York Times Best Seller list, her book Semi-Homemade Cooking appeared. Sandra Lee Semi-Homemade, a magazine based on her book, was published in 2009. Lee hosted Sandra Lee Celebrates, a series of four one-hour specials that aired on HGTV in late 2009.
Lee received the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lifestyle/Culinary Host for Semi-Homemade Cooking in 2012.
Sandra Lee, a writer for Television Guide, started Sandra Lee, a monthly lifestyle magazine in partnership with TV Guide in 2012. Sandra Lee's Restaurant Remakes and Sandra Lee's Taverns, Lounges & Clubs are also on display in two new films: Sandra Lee's Restaurant Remakes and Sandra Lee's Taverns, Lounges & Clubs. Multiple times, People magazine has included her in its list of "Most Beautiful" people.
Lee began producing her "Top Shelf" video series for Today.com in early 2020, showcasing new ways to prepare meals from items commonly found in pantries. Lee "the queen of making something out of nothing" in an April 2020 New York Times article coauthored by Jessica Bennett, "the queen of making something out of nothing." "It's a Wonderful Lifetime" on Lifetime in late 2020.
