Sandra Lee, Famous For...
Famous for QVC, Semi-Homemade Cooking with Sandra Lee, Sandra's Money Saving Meals, and numerous books. Also has the credit of being amongst People Magazine's 50 most beautiful people for 2006. Moving seamlessly from books to television, radio and internet, Sandra has built a multimedia brand for herself. Sandra can often be seen as a regular guest expert for national TV shows such as Good Morning America, Ellen and Fox News Channel.
Studied at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse for three years before becoming a successful entrepreneur with her invention of "Kurtain Kraft", a home drapery product kit. Sandra further developed her brand and was recruited by QVC as a presenter for the home, garden and craft categories of QVC UK and QVC Germany.
Sandra's culinary education was undertaken at the culinary arts institute - Le Cordon Bleu in Ottawa. Sandra used this formal training together with her own philosophies to develop simple cooking methods that anyone could use to produce gourmet like cuisine. Sandra has over twenty books to her name, selling in excess of 4 million copies.
How old is Sandra Lee?
Sandra Lee is 46 years old. Sandra Lee was born on the 3rd July 1966.
How to be the next Sandra Lee
Sandra's path to food susperstardom is a great illustration of how you don't need to go down the traditional path of serving an apprenticeship in a top restaurant and/or study for years at a culinary institute. Sandra used her entrepreneurial savvy to create a product and then used cable tv to get her brand into the public eye. With continual development she has built her brand up into the multi-million pound empire it is today. With the advent of the internet, video camera on our phones, YouTube and numerous blogging platforms, it's fair to say it's easier to get your message out there than it ever was for Sandra Lee. However you'll need some of Sandra's drive to succeed as you'll be going head-to-head with many other who have had the same idea. Make sure you have something unique to say or a unique way to say it!
Studying at Le Cordon Bleu
Sandra took a two week course at Le Cordon Bleu in Ottawa. Le Cordon Bleu is a world famous network of educational institutions with campuses in Paris, London, Madrid, Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne, Tokyo, Kobe, Seoul, Ottawa, Mexico City and Lima.
Le Cordon Bleu Qualifications
Various qualifications in a variety of disciplines are achievable through the network including degrees at Bachelor, Associate and Master levels (Australian campuses); also available are numerous certificates lasting around 3 months and diplomas with course lengths of around 10 months.
Le Cordon Bleu Short Courses
Short courses are also available lasting anything from 3 hours to 4 days. For example, at the Ottawa campus you can take a 3 hour course on "Cupcake Creations" which will last 3 hours and cost around 60 Canadian dollars. Alternatively you might like to try "Passport to Pastry I", a 4 day course costing 785 Canadian dollars. There are many more courses available covering a wide variety of disciplines.