Exhibit 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or
director of Bob Evans Farms, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), which
is about to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C.,
under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the
Annual Report of the Company on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30,
2004, hereby constitutes and appoints Stewart K. Owens and Donald J. Radkoski as
his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign both the Annual Report on Form
10-K and any and all amendments and documents related thereto, and to file the
same, and any and all exhibits, financial statements and schedules related
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission and The Nasdaq Stock Market, granting unto each of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and substitute or substitutes, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
or she might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all things
that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them or his or
their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand
this 14th day of July, 2004.


                                            /s/ Stewart K. Owens
                                            ---------------------------------
                                            Stewart K. Owens






                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or
director of Bob Evans Farms, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), which
is about to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C.,
under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the
Annual Report of the Company on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30,
2004, hereby constitutes and appoints Stewart K. Owens and Donald J. Radkoski as
his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign both the Annual Report on Form
10-K and any and all amendments and documents related thereto, and to file the
same, and any and all exhibits, financial statements and schedules related
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission and The Nasdaq Stock Market, granting unto each of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and substitute or substitutes, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
or she might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all things
that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them or his or
their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand
this 14th day of July, 2004.


                                            /s/ Larry C. Corbin
                                            --------------------------------
                                            Larry C. Corbin







                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or
director of Bob Evans Farms, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), which
is about to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C.,
under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the
Annual Report of the Company on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30,
2004, hereby constitutes and appoints Stewart K. Owens and Donald J. Radkoski as
his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign both the Annual Report on Form
10-K and any and all amendments and documents related thereto, and to file the
same, and any and all exhibits, financial statements and schedules related
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission and The Nasdaq Stock Market, granting unto each of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and substitute or substitutes, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
or she might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all things
that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them or his or
their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand
this 9th day of July, 2004.


                                            /s/ Daniel E. Evans
                                            ---------------------------------
                                            Daniel E. Evans







                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or
director of Bob Evans Farms, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), which
is about to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C.,
under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the
Annual Report of the Company on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30,
2004, hereby constitutes and appoints Stewart K. Owens and Donald J. Radkoski as
his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign both the Annual Report on Form
10-K and any and all amendments and documents related thereto, and to file the
same, and any and all exhibits, financial statements and schedules related
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission and The Nasdaq Stock Market, granting unto each of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and substitute or substitutes, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
or she might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all things
that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them or his or
their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand
this 14th day of July, 2004.


                                            /s/ Daniel A. Fronk
                                            --------------------------------
                                            Daniel A. Fronk






                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or
director of Bob Evans Farms, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), which
is about to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C.,
under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the
Annual Report of the Company on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30,
2004, hereby constitutes and appoints Stewart K. Owens and Donald J. Radkoski as
his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign both the Annual Report on Form
10-K and any and all amendments and documents related thereto, and to file the
same, and any and all exhibits, financial statements and schedules related
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission and The Nasdaq Stock Market, granting unto each of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and substitute or substitutes, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
or she might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all things
that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them or his or
their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand
this 14th day of July, 2004.


                                            /s/ Michael J. Gasser
                                            ----------------------------------
                                            Michael J. Gasser







                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or
director of Bob Evans Farms, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), which
is about to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C.,
under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the
Annual Report of the Company on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30,
2004, hereby constitutes and appoints Stewart K. Owens and Donald J. Radkoski as
his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign both the Annual Report on Form
10-K and any and all amendments and documents related thereto, and to file the
same, and any and all exhibits, financial statements and schedules related
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission and The Nasdaq Stock Market, granting unto each of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and substitute or substitutes, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
or she might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all things
that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them or his or
their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand
this 14th day of July, 2004.


                                            /s/ Edgar W. Ingram III
                                            ---------------------------------
                                            E.W. (Bill) Ingram III







                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or
director of Bob Evans Farms, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), which
is about to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C.,
under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the
Annual Report of the Company on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30,
2004, hereby constitutes and appoints Stewart K. Owens and Donald J. Radkoski as
his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign both the Annual Report on Form
10-K and any and all amendments and documents related thereto, and to file the
same, and any and all exhibits, financial statements and schedules related
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission and The Nasdaq Stock Market, granting unto each of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and substitute or substitutes, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
or she might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all things
that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them or his or
their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand
this 14th day of July, 2004.


                                            /s/ Cheryl L. Krueger
                                            ---------------------------------
                                            Cheryl L. Krueger








                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or
director of Bob Evans Farms, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), which
is about to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C.,
under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the
Annual Report of the Company on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30,
2004, hereby constitutes and appoints Stewart K. Owens and Donald J. Radkoski as
his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign both the Annual Report on Form
10-K and any and all amendments and documents related thereto, and to file the
same, and any and all exhibits, financial statements and schedules related
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission and The Nasdaq Stock Market, granting unto each of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and substitute or substitutes, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
or she might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all things
that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them or his or
their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand
this 14th day of July, 2004.


                                            /s/ G. Robert Lucas II
                                            ----------------------------------
                                            G. Robert Lucas II






                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or
director of Bob Evans Farms, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), which
is about to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C.,
under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the
Annual Report of the Company on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30,
2004, hereby constitutes and appoints Stewart K. Owens and Donald J. Radkoski as
his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign both the Annual Report on Form
10-K and any and all amendments and documents related thereto, and to file the
same, and any and all exhibits, financial statements and schedules related
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission and The Nasdaq Stock Market, granting unto each of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and substitute or substitutes, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
or she might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all things
that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them or his or
their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand
this 14th day of July, 2004.


                                            /s/ Robert E. H. Rabold
                                            ---------------------------------
                                            Robert E. H. Rabold







                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or
director of Bob Evans Farms, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), which
is about to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C.,
under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the
Annual Report of the Company on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30,
2004, hereby constitutes and appoints Stewart K. Owens and Donald J. Radkoski as
his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign both the Annual Report on Form
10-K and any and all amendments and documents related thereto, and to file the
same, and any and all exhibits, financial statements and schedules related
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission and The Nasdaq Stock Market, granting unto each of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and substitute or substitutes, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
or she might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all things
that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them or his or
their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand
this 14th day of July, 2004.


                                            /s/ Donald J. Radkoski
                                            ----------------------------------
                                            Donald J. Radkoski