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Sandra Lee and Ben Youcef split after 5 years, call off engagement
Put a fork in it.
Sandra Lee and her fiancé, Ben Youcef, have called it quits, ending their engagement after five years together.
The former Food Network star’s rep confirmed the breakup news to TMZ on Wednesday.
Page Six has reached out to Youcef and a rep for Lee for comment but did not immediately hear back.
Last week, TMZ obtained a video of Lee — sans her engagement ring — while she was out and about at La Boca in New York City.
At the time, the “Semi-Homemade Cooking” host dodged questions about a prospective wedding date, telling the outlet she was focused on her career.
When questioned about her missing ring, Lee claimed her outfit didn’t call for jewelry.
Lee, 59, and Youcef, 47, began dating in 2021 after meeting at a restaurant in Santa Monica, California.
That August, the chef and the “Algerian” actor got engaged and celebrated their relationship milestone in Paris.
A source told Page Six at the time that the couple were “definitely in the midst of planning their wedding” and “looking at places in New York and the Hamptons.”
Before getting with Youcef, Lee was in a 14-year relationship with former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.
The duo split in September 2019 over a comment the politician, 68, made in the kitchen, according to Lee.
“The minute he said it, I knew what he’d just said. And every window and door closed,” she told Us Weekly in August 2024. “And that was it. … He knows what it is; I know what it is.”
The following year, Lee made headlines for shouting at an Eataly NYC Downtown employee, “Do you know who I am? I’m Andrew Cuomo’s ex-wife?”
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