Sandra Lee and Ben Youcef split after 5 years, call off engagement

Put a fork in it. Sandra Lee and her fiancé, Ben Youcef, split, ending their engagement after five years together. The former Food Network star’s rep, Jen Abel, confirmed the…

Put a fork in it.

Sandra Lee and her fiancé, Ben Youcef, split, ending their engagement after five years together.

The former Food Network star’s rep, Jen Abel, confirmed the breakup news to TMZ Wednesday.

Page Six has reached out to Youcef and a rep for Lee for comment but did not immediately hear back.

Ben Youcef and Sandra Lee attending the Elton John AIDS Foundation's 32nd Annual Academy Awards Viewing Party.
Sandra Lee and fiancé Ben Youcef (both seen above at an event in 2024) called it quits. Getty Images for Elton John AIDS Foundation
Ben Youcef and Sandra Lee attending The Hollywood Reporter Most Powerful People In Media.
The former Food Network star’s rep confirmed the split news to TMZ. (Pictured: Lee and Youcef at the Hollywood Reporter Most Powerful People In Media in 2022.) Getty Images for The Hollywood Reporter

Last week, TMZ obtained 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 concept creator dodged questions about a prospective wedding date, telling the outlet that she was focused on her career.

When questioned about her missing ring, Lee claimed her outfit didn’t call for jewelry.

Sandra Lee and Ben Youcef posing together at an event.
Lee (seen with Youcef at a pre-Grammys event 2024) in dodged questions about her wedding date and why she wasn’t wearing her engagement ring last week. Getty Images
Ben Youcef and Sandra Lee attending the 2023 Film Independent Spirit Awards.
The actor and the “Semi-Homemade” cooking concept creator (both seen above at the 2023 Film Independent Spirit Awards) began dating 2021. Getty Images for Bulleit Frontier Whiskey

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 were photographed celebrating their relationship milestone in Paris.

A source told Page Six at the time that the couple was “definitely in the midst of planning their wedding” and “looking at places in New York and the Hamptons.”

Sandra Lee and Ben Youcef sitting next to each other and holding hands at the Elton John AIDS Foundation's 30th Annual Academy Awards Viewing Party.
They got engaged later that year. (Pictured: Lee and Youcef at Elton John AIDS Foundation’s 30th Annual Academy Awards Viewing Party in 2022.) Getty Images for Elton John AIDS Foundation
Sandra Lee and Governor Andrew Cuomo posing together.
Lee was in a 14-year relationship with former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (seen above with the chef at the Sundance Film Festival in 2018) before dating Youcef. Getty Images for HBO

Before getting with Youcef, Lee was in a 14-year relationship with former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.

The pair split in September 2019 after the politician, 68, allegedly made a mysterious comment, according to Lee.

“I was in my kitchen and he said something, and the minute he said it, I knew what he’d just said. And every window and door closed. And that was it … He knows what it is; I know what it is,” she told Us Weekly in August 2024.

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