Lee premiered on the Food Network in 2003. The show ran for 15 seasons and was in the top three new weekend shows on the network for its first five years. Each episode contains entertaining and arts and crafts elements, in which Lee decorates the table setting and kitchen in accordance with the theme of the meal that she just prepared. She refers to these as "tablescapes", a term she coined. Lee's second Food Network series, Sandra's Money Saving Meals, began airing on May 10, 2009, in response to the Great Recession. At the time, she was the only host on the Food Network with two cooking series running concurrently. Kurt Soller, writing for Newsweek, described her as "among TV's most successful female chefs". , her shows have aired in 63 countries. She has authored 27 books, including Sandra Lee Semi-Homemade: Cool Kids Cooking (October 2006) and a memoir, Made From Scratch, which was released in November 2007. Her book Semi-Homemade Cooking appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list. A magazine based on her show, Sandra Lee Semi-Homemade, was released in 2009. In late 2009, Lee hosted Sandra Lee Celebrates, a series of four one-hour specials that aired on HGTV. In 2012, Lee won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lifestyle/Culinary Host for Semi-Homemade Cooking. Also in 2012, she started a monthly lifestyle magazine, Sandra Lee, in partnership with TV Guide. She is also starring in two new shows: Sandra's Restaurant Remakes and Sandra Lee's Taverns, Lounges & Clubs. People magazine has included her in its list of "Most Beautiful" people multiple times. In early 2020, Lee began creating her "Top Shelf" video series for Today.com, showcasing new ways to make meals from products commonly found in pantries. An April 2020 New York Times article authored by Jessica Bennett called Lee "the queen of making something out of nothing". In late 2020, Lee hosted a series of holiday segments, "It's a Wonderful Lifetime", on Lifetime. Documentaries In 2015, shortly before being diagnosed with cancer, Lee started her own production company. She created Rx: Early Detection – A Cancer Journey With Sandra Lee, a documentary about her experiences with cancer, which aired on HBO. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2018, at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival, and on HBO in October 2018. Lee received the Made in New York Award at the Gotham Independent