Put a fork in there.
Sandra Lee and her fiancé Ben Youssef have broken up and called off their engagement after five years of dating, Lee’s publicist Jennifer Abel confirmed to Page Six.
TMZ first reported the news on Wednesday.
TMZ obtained a video of the former Food Network star out and about in New York City’s La Boca last week, without her engagement ring.
At the time, the “Semi-Homemade Cooking” host dodged questions about her planned wedding date, telling the publication that she was focused on her career.
When asked about the loss of her ring, Lee claimed she didn’t need any jewelry in her outfit.
Lee, 59, and Youssef, 47, began dating in 2021 after meeting at a restaurant in Santa Monica, California.
In August of the same year, the chef and the “Algerian” actor became engaged and celebrated their wedding milestone in Paris.
A source told Page Six at the time that the couple was “definitely in the middle of wedding planning” and were “considering locations in New York and the Hamptons.”
Before dating Youssef, Lee was in a 14-year relationship with former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.
According to Lee, the two broke up in September 2019 over remarks the politician, 68, made in the kitchen.
“The moment he said it, I knew what he had just said, and all the windows and doors closed,” she told Us Weekly in August 2024.
The following year, Ms. Lee made headlines when she yelled at an Eataly employee in downtown New York City, “Do you know who I am? Am I Andrew Cuomo’s ex-wife?”
