2005 AMENDMENT TO BOB EVANS FARMS, INC. AND AFFILIATES SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED EXECUTIVE DEFERRAL PROGRAM

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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.1

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                                 2005 AMENDMENT TO

                      BOB EVANS FARMS, INC. AND AFFILIATES

                           SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

                           EXECUTIVE DEFERRAL PROGRAM

Effective January 1, 1999, Bob Evans Farms, Inc. ("Corporation") adopted the Bob

Evans Farms, Inc. and Affiliates Executive Deferral Program ("Plan") to provide

deferred compensation to a select group of its management or highly compensated

employees. Effective June 14, 1999 and May 1, 2002, the Corporation amended and

restated the Plan. Effective January 1, 2005, the Corporation again amends the

Plan as provided below. This Plan is intended to be an unfunded, nonqualified

program of deferred compensation within the meaning of Title I of ERISA.

Regardless of any other Plan provisio