{"id":10652,"date":"2020-04-05T09:00:39","date_gmt":"2020-04-05T08:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realitytitbit.com\/?p=77200"},"modified":"2020-04-05T09:00:39","modified_gmt":"2020-04-05T08:00:39","slug":"damien-lee-rich-house-poor-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2020\/04\/05\/damien-lee-rich-house-poor-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Rich House, Poor House: Meet Damien Lee &#8211; entrepreneur&#8217;s business, family and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rich House, Poor House is back for its 2020 series on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.realitytitbit.com\/channel-5\">Channel 5<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Every episode features two families who swap houses for a period of time. And by the name of the series, one of them lives in a super-expensive large house, while the other one has never tasted the rich lifestyle before and lives in a much modest place.<\/p>\n<p>The experiment tests the two families how they cope with moving to a completely new place under different living conditions.<\/p>\n<p>In episode 2 (Sunday, April 5th), Damien Lee swapped his large Victorian house in Bournemouth for a council home.<\/p>\n<p>So, who is Damien Lee? How did the Rich House, Poor House star make his money?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Catch <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GBEA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GBEA<\/a> winner <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DamienleeLee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DamienleeLee<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrLeesPureFoods?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MrLeesPureFoods<\/a> on Channel 5&#39;s &#39;Rich House, Poor House&#39; this Sunday at 9:00 PM \ud83c\udf5c\ud83d\udcfa <\/p>\n<p>From his house in Bournemouth to a council house in rural Dorset, Damien and his family swap lives for a week with single mum Larissa. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qpR8pL8cQa\">pic.twitter.com\/qpR8pL8cQa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Great British Entrepreneur Awards &amp; Community (@EntrepreneursGB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EntrepreneursGB\/status\/1246037228893007872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 3, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Meet Damien Lee<\/h3>\n<p>Damien is a business owner from Bournemouth. The Channel 5 star is the 2019 winner of the NatWest Great British Entrepreneur of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>According to his <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/damienlee\/?originalSubdomain=uk\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/span> profile, Damien owns two companies &#8211; the food business Mr Lee&#8217;s Noodles and a brand called SoluBlue.<\/p>\n<p>The first one Damien founded back in 2015 which offers a healthier version of your normal noodles in a cup. After having a quick look at the product, we found that you can get six of them at a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mrleesnoodles.com\/uk\/shop\/zen-garden-vegetables\">discounted price for\u00a0\u00a312.00<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>SoluBlue is a fairly new business that Damien launched in December 2018. There, the Rich House, Poor House star offers plastic-free products for everyday things like straws and cups.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.realitytitbit.com\/dating\/undateables\/undateables-2020-confirmed-start-date-cast-and-episode-guide-for-series-11-on-channel-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UNDATEABLES 2020<\/a>:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Meet the cast of daters on Channel 4\u2019s eleventh series!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Find Damien Lee on social media<\/h3>\n<p>You can find Damien on Instagram under the handle <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/damienkinglee\/\"><em>@damienkinglee<\/em><\/a><\/span> and on Twitter <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/damienleelee?lang=en\"><em>@DamienleeLee<\/em><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>From the looks of Damien&#8217;s Insta, he&#8217;s a keen traveller, bike rider and adventurer. There, you&#8217;ll also come across loved-up selfies with his partner Weronika and snaps with his sons James and Josh.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.realitytitbit.com\/channel-5\/rich-house-poor-house\/rich-house-poor-house-robert\"><strong>SEE MORE:<\/strong><\/a><\/span> Who is Robert Elwes? 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A post shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/damienkinglee\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px;\" target=\"_blank\"> \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7Damien Lee<\/a> (@damienkinglee) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2020-01-03T16:05:50+00:00\">Jan 3, 2020 at 8:05am PST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Damien in Rich House, Poor House<\/h3>\n<p>In the second episode of Rich House, Poor House, Damien swapped houses with Larissa Wood and her family.<\/p>\n<p>Damien traded his large house for a council home in Winterborne Kingston.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>WATCH RICH HOUSE, POOR HOUSE SERIES 6 SUNDAYS AT 9 PM ON CHANNEL 5<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji aligncenter\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/11.2.0\/svg\/1f4f8.svg\" alt=\"?\" \/>\u00a0<strong>AND GET FREAKY WITH US ON<\/strong>\u00a0<span class=\"\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/realitytitbit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">INSTAGRAM<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><strong>AND<\/strong>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span class=\"\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/business.facebook.com\/realitytitbit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FACEBOOK<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rich House, Poor House: Meet Damien Lee &#8211; 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