diff --git a/sdk/eventgrid/azure-eventgrid/azure/eventgrid/__init__.py b/sdk/eventgrid/azure-eventgrid/azure/eventgrid/__init__.py
index 6637f8f6b70c..0b0357a1f50d 100644
--- a/sdk/eventgrid/azure-eventgrid/azure/eventgrid/__init__.py
+++ b/sdk/eventgrid/azure-eventgrid/azure/eventgrid/__init__.py
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
 from ._publisher_client import EventGridPublisherClient
 from ._consumer import EventGridConsumer
 from ._helpers import generate_shared_access_signature
-from ._models import CloudEvent, CustomEvent, EventGridEvent, DeserializedEvent, StorageBlobCreatedEventData
+from ._models import CloudEvent, CustomEvent, EventGridEvent, StorageBlobCreatedEventData
 from ._shared_access_signature_credential import EventGridSharedAccessSignatureCredential
 from ._version import VERSION
 
 __all__ = ['EventGridPublisherClient', 'EventGridConsumer',
-            'CloudEvent', 'CustomEvent', 'DeserializedEvent', 'EventGridEvent', 'StorageBlobCreatedEventData',
+            'CloudEvent', 'CustomEvent', 'EventGridEvent', 'StorageBlobCreatedEventData',
             'generate_shared_access_signature', 'EventGridSharedAccessSignatureCredential']
 __version__ = VERSION
diff --git a/sdk/eventgrid/azure-eventgrid/azure/eventgrid/_consumer.py b/sdk/eventgrid/azure-eventgrid/azure/eventgrid/_consumer.py
index 80cf18d9c859..8850bc0ab1e5 100644
--- a/sdk/eventgrid/azure-eventgrid/azure/eventgrid/_consumer.py
+++ b/sdk/eventgrid/azure-eventgrid/azure/eventgrid/_consumer.py
@@ -20,31 +20,50 @@
 
 _LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-from ._models import DeserializedEvent
+from ._models import CloudEvent, EventGridEvent
 
 class EventGridConsumer(object):
     """
     A consumer responsible for deserializing event handler messages, to allow for access to strongly typed Event objects.
     """
+    def decode_cloud_event(self, cloud_event, **kwargs):
+        # type: (Union[str, dict, bytes], Any) -> CloudEvent
+        """Single event following CloudEvent schema will be parsed and returned as Deserialized Event.
+        :param cloud_event: The event to be deserialized.
+        :type cloud_event: Union[str, dict, bytes]
+        :rtype: CloudEvent
 
-    def deserialize_event(self, event, **kwargs):
-        # type: (Union[str, dict, bytes]) -> models.DeserializedEvent
-        """Single event following CloudEvent/EventGridEvent schema will be parsed and returned as DeserializedEvent.
-        :param event: The event to be deserialized.
-        :type event: Union[str, dict, bytes]
-        :keyword str encoding: The encoding that should be used. Defaults to 'utf-8'
-        :rtype: models.DeserializedEvent
-        :raises: :class:`ValueError`, when events do not follow CloudEvent or EventGridEvent schema.
+        :raise: :class:`ValueError`, when events do not follow CloudEvent schema.
         """
         encode = kwargs.pop('encoding', 'utf-8')
         try:
-            if isinstance(event, six.binary_type):
-                event = json.loads(event.decode(encode))
-            elif isinstance(event, six.string_types):
-                event = json.loads(event)
-            return DeserializedEvent(event)
+            cloud_event = CloudEvent._from_json(cloud_event, encode)
+            deserialized_event = CloudEvent.deserialize(cloud_event)
+            CloudEvent._deserialize_data(deserialized_event, deserialized_event.type)
+            return deserialized_event 
         except Exception as err:
-            _LOGGER.error('Error: cannot deserialize event. Event does not have a valid format. Event must be a string, dict, or bytes following the CloudEvent/EventGridEvent schema.')
-            _LOGGER.error('Your event: {}'.format(event))
+            _LOGGER.error('Error: cannot deserialize event. Event does not have a valid format. Event must be a string, dict, or bytes following the CloudEvent schema.')
+            _LOGGER.error('Your event: {}'.format(cloud_event))
             _LOGGER.error(err)
-            raise ValueError('Error: cannot deserialize event. Event does not have a valid format. Event must be a string, dict, or bytes following the CloudEvent/EventGridEvent schema.')
+            raise ValueError('Error: cannot deserialize event. Event does not have a valid format. Event must be a string, dict, or bytes following the CloudEvent schema.') 
+
+    def decode_eventgrid_event(self, eventgrid_event, **kwargs):
+        # type: (Union[str, dict, bytes], Any) -> EventGridEvent
+        """Single event following EventGridEvent schema will be parsed and returned as Deserialized Event.
+        :param eventgrid_event: The event to be deserialized.
+        :type eventgrid_event: Union[str, dict, bytes]
+        :rtype: EventGridEvent
+
+        :raise: :class:`ValueError`, when events do not follow EventGridEvent schema.
+        """
+        encode = kwargs.pop('encoding', 'utf-8')
+        try:
+            eventgrid_event = EventGridEvent._from_json(eventgrid_event, encode)
+            deserialized_event = EventGridEvent.deserialize(eventgrid_event)
+            EventGridEvent._deserialize_data(deserialized_event, deserialized_event.event_type)
+            return deserialized_event
+        except Exception as err:
+            _LOGGER.error('Error: cannot deserialize event. Event does not have a valid format. Event must be a string, dict, or bytes following the CloudEvent schema.')
+            _LOGGER.error('Your event: {}'.format(eventgrid_event))
+            _LOGGER.error(err)
+            raise ValueError('Error: cannot deserialize event. Event does not have a valid format. Event must be a string, dict, or bytes following the CloudEvent schema.') 
diff --git a/sdk/eventgrid/azure-eventgrid/azure/eventgrid/_helpers.py b/sdk/eventgrid/azure-eventgrid/azure/eventgrid/_helpers.py
index 454fe543a5fb..9443f7e3f698 100644
--- a/sdk/eventgrid/azure-eventgrid/azure/eventgrid/_helpers.py
+++ b/sdk/eventgrid/azure-eventgrid/azure/eventgrid/_helpers.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 from ._shared_access_signature_credential import EventGridSharedAccessSignatureCredential
 from ._signature_credential_policy import EventGridSharedAccessSignatureCredentialPolicy
 from . import _constants as constants
+from ._event_mappings import _event_mappings
 
 def generate_shared_access_signature(topic_hostname, shared_access_key, expiration_date_utc, **kwargs):
     # type: (str, str, datetime.Datetime, Any) -> str
diff --git a/sdk/eventgrid/azure-eventgrid/azure/eventgrid/_models.py b/sdk/eventgrid/azure-eventgrid/azure/eventgrid/_models.py
index 62d5ac7c1a29..f894acff6da5 100644
--- a/sdk/eventgrid/azure-eventgrid/azure/eventgrid/_models.py
+++ b/sdk/eventgrid/azure-eventgrid/azure/eventgrid/_models.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import datetime as dt
 import uuid
 import json
+import six
 from ._generated import models
 from ._generated.models import StorageBlobCreatedEventData, \
     EventGridEvent as InternalEventGridEvent, \
@@ -15,7 +16,41 @@
 from ._shared.mixins import DictMixin
 from ._event_mappings import _event_mappings
 
-class CloudEvent(InternalCloudEvent):   #pylint:disable=too-many-instance-attributes
+
+class EventMixin(object):
+    """
+    Mixin for the event models comprising of some helper methods.
+    """
+    @staticmethod
+    def _deserialize_data(event, event_type):
+        """
+        Sets the data of the desrialized event to strongly typed event object if event type exists in _event_mappings.
+        Otherwise, sets it to None.
+
+        :param str event_type: The event_type of the EventGridEvent object or the type of the CloudEvent object.
+        """
+        # if system event type defined, set event.data to system event object
+        try:
+            event.data = (_event_mappings[event_type]).deserialize(event.data)
+        except KeyError: # else, if custom event, then event.data is dict and should be set to None
+            event.data = None
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _from_json(event, encode):
+        """
+        Load the event into the json
+        :param dict eventgrid_event: The event to be deserialized.
+        :type eventgrid_event: Union[str, dict, bytes]
+        :param str encode: The encoding to be used. Defaults to 'utf-8'
+        """
+        if isinstance(event, six.binary_type):
+            event = json.loads(event.decode(encode))
+        elif isinstance(event, six.string_types):
+            event = json.loads(event)
+        return event
+
+
+class CloudEvent(InternalCloudEvent, EventMixin):   #pylint:disable=too-many-instance-attributes
     """Properties of an event published to an Event Grid topic using the CloudEvent 1.0 Schema.
 
     All required parameters must be populated in order to send to Azure.
@@ -71,7 +106,7 @@ def __init__(self, source, type, **kwargs):
         super(CloudEvent, self).__init__(**kwargs)
 
 
-class EventGridEvent(InternalEventGridEvent):
+class EventGridEvent(InternalEventGridEvent, EventMixin):
     """Properties of an event published to an Event Grid topic using the EventGrid Schema.
 
     Variables are only populated by the server, and will be ignored when sending a request.
@@ -130,62 +165,6 @@ def __init__(self, subject, event_type, **kwargs):
         super(EventGridEvent, self).__init__(**kwargs)
 
 
-class DeserializedEvent():
-    """The container for the deserialized event model and mapping of event envelope properties.
-        :param dict event: dict
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self, event):
-        # type: (Any) -> None
-        self._model = None
-        self._event_dict = event
-    
-    def to_json(self):
-        # type: () -> dict
-        return self._event_dict
-
-    @property
-    def model(self):
-        # type: () -> Union[CloudEvent, EventGridEvent]
-        """
-        Returns strongly typed EventGridEvent/CloudEvent object defined by the format of the properties.
-        All properties of the model are strongly typed (ie. for an EventGridEvent, event_time property will return a datetime.datetime object).
-
-        model.data: Returns a system event type(StorageBlobCreated, StorageBlobDeleted, etc.). If model.type/model.event_type is not defined in the 
-          system registry, returns None.
-
-        :raise: :class:`ValueError`, when events do not follow CloudEvent or EventGridEvent schema.
-
-        :rtype: Union[CloudEvent, EventGridEvent]
-        """
-        if not self._model:
-            try:
-                if 'specversion' in self._event_dict.keys():
-                    self._model = CloudEvent.deserialize(self._event_dict)
-                    event_type = self._model.type
-                else:
-                    self._model = EventGridEvent.deserialize(self._event_dict)
-                    event_type = self._model.event_type
-            except:
-                raise ValueError("Event is not correctly formatted CloudEvent or EventGridEvent.")
-
-            self._deserialize_data(event_type)
-
-        return self._model
-    
-    def _deserialize_data(self, event_type):
-        """
-        Sets self._model.data to strongly typed event object if event type exists in _event_mappings.
-        Otherwise, sets self._model.data to None.
-
-        :param str event_type: The event_type of the EventGridEvent object or the type of the CloudEvent object.
-        """
-        # if system event type defined, set model.data to system event object
-        try:
-            self._model.data = (_event_mappings[event_type]).deserialize(self._model.data)
-        except KeyError: # else, if custom event, then model.data is dict and should be set to None
-            self._model.data = None
-    
 class CustomEvent(DictMixin):
     """The wrapper class for a CustomEvent, to be used when publishing events.
        :param dict args: dict
diff --git a/sdk/eventgrid/azure-eventgrid/tests/test_eg_consumer.py b/sdk/eventgrid/azure-eventgrid/tests/test_eg_consumer.py
index 755a7e15df4b..344f5dd70634 100644
--- a/sdk/eventgrid/azure-eventgrid/tests/test_eg_consumer.py
+++ b/sdk/eventgrid/azure-eventgrid/tests/test_eg_consumer.py
@@ -32,111 +32,84 @@
 class EventGridConsumerTests(AzureMgmtTestCase):
 
     # Cloud Event tests
-    @pytest.mark.liveTest
     def test_eg_consumer_cloud_storage_dict(self, **kwargs):
         client = EventGridConsumer()
-        deserialized_event = client.deserialize_event(cloud_storage_dict)
-        event_json = deserialized_event.to_json()
-        assert deserialized_event.model.__class__ == CloudEvent
-        assert deserialized_event.model.data.__class__ == StorageBlobCreatedEventData
-        assert event_json.__class__ == dict
+        deserialized_event = client.decode_cloud_event(cloud_storage_dict)
+        assert deserialized_event.__class__ == CloudEvent
+        assert deserialized_event.data.__class__ == StorageBlobCreatedEventData
 
-    @pytest.mark.liveTest
     def test_eg_consumer_cloud_storage_string(self, **kwargs):
         client = EventGridConsumer()
-        deserialized_event = client.deserialize_event(cloud_storage_string)
-        event_json = deserialized_event.to_json()
-        assert deserialized_event.model.__class__ == CloudEvent
-        assert deserialized_event.model.data.__class__ == StorageBlobCreatedEventData
-        assert event_json.__class__ == dict
+        deserialized_event = client.decode_cloud_event(cloud_storage_string)
+        assert deserialized_event.__class__ == CloudEvent
+        assert deserialized_event.data.__class__ == StorageBlobCreatedEventData
 
-    @pytest.mark.liveTest
     def test_eg_consumer_cloud_storage_bytes(self, **kwargs):
         client = EventGridConsumer()
-        deserialized_event = client.deserialize_event(cloud_storage_bytes)
-        event_json = deserialized_event.to_json()
-        assert deserialized_event.model.__class__ == CloudEvent
-        assert deserialized_event.model.data.__class__ == StorageBlobCreatedEventData
-        assert event_json.__class__ == dict
+        deserialized_event = client.decode_cloud_event(cloud_storage_bytes)
+        assert deserialized_event.__class__ == CloudEvent
+        assert deserialized_event.data.__class__ == StorageBlobCreatedEventData
     
-    @pytest.mark.liveTest
+
     def test_eg_consumer_cloud_custom_dict(self, **kwargs):
         client = EventGridConsumer()
-        deserialized_event = client.deserialize_event(cloud_custom_dict)
-        event_json = deserialized_event.to_json()
-        assert deserialized_event.model.__class__ == CloudEvent
-        assert deserialized_event.model.data is None
-        assert event_json.__class__ == dict
+        deserialized_event = client.decode_cloud_event(cloud_custom_dict)
+        assert deserialized_event.__class__ == CloudEvent
+        assert deserialized_event.data is None
+
 
-    @pytest.mark.liveTest
     def test_eg_consumer_cloud_custom_string(self, **kwargs):
         client = EventGridConsumer()
-        deserialized_event = client.deserialize_event(cloud_custom_string)
-        event_json = deserialized_event.to_json()
-        assert deserialized_event.model.__class__ == CloudEvent
-        assert deserialized_event.model.data is None
-        assert event_json.__class__ == dict
+        deserialized_event = client.decode_cloud_event(cloud_custom_string)
+        assert deserialized_event.__class__ == CloudEvent
+        assert deserialized_event.data is None
+
 
-    @pytest.mark.liveTest
     def test_eg_consumer_cloud_custom_bytes(self, **kwargs):
         client = EventGridConsumer()
-        deserialized_event = client.deserialize_event(cloud_custom_bytes)
-        event_json = deserialized_event.to_json()
-        assert deserialized_event.model.__class__ == CloudEvent
-        assert deserialized_event.model.data is None
-        assert event_json.__class__ == dict
+        deserialized_event = client.decode_cloud_event(cloud_custom_bytes)
+        assert deserialized_event.__class__ == CloudEvent
+        assert deserialized_event.data is None
     
     # EG Event tests
-    @pytest.mark.liveTest
+
     def test_eg_consumer_eg_storage_dict(self, **kwargs):
         client = EventGridConsumer()
-        deserialized_event = client.deserialize_event(eg_storage_dict)
-        event_json = deserialized_event.to_json()
-        assert deserialized_event.model.__class__ == EventGridEvent
-        assert deserialized_event.model.data.__class__ == StorageBlobCreatedEventData
-        assert event_json.__class__ == dict
+        deserialized_event = client.decode_eventgrid_event(eg_storage_dict)
+        assert deserialized_event.__class__ == EventGridEvent
+        assert deserialized_event.data.__class__ == StorageBlobCreatedEventData
+
 
-    @pytest.mark.liveTest
     def test_eg_consumer_eg_storage_string(self, **kwargs):
         client = EventGridConsumer()
-        deserialized_event = client.deserialize_event(eg_storage_string)
-        event_json = deserialized_event.to_json()
-        assert deserialized_event.model.__class__ == EventGridEvent
-        assert deserialized_event.model.data.__class__ == StorageBlobCreatedEventData
-        assert event_json.__class__ == dict
+        deserialized_event = client.decode_eventgrid_event(eg_storage_string)
+        assert deserialized_event.__class__ == EventGridEvent
+        assert deserialized_event.data.__class__ == StorageBlobCreatedEventData
+
 
-    @pytest.mark.liveTest
     def test_eg_consumer_eg_storage_bytes(self, **kwargs):
         client = EventGridConsumer()
-        deserialized_event = client.deserialize_event(eg_storage_bytes)
-        event_json = deserialized_event.to_json()
-        assert deserialized_event.model.__class__ == EventGridEvent
-        assert deserialized_event.model.data.__class__ == StorageBlobCreatedEventData
-        assert event_json.__class__ == dict
+        deserialized_event = client.decode_eventgrid_event(eg_storage_bytes)
+        assert deserialized_event.__class__ == EventGridEvent
+        assert deserialized_event.data.__class__ == StorageBlobCreatedEventData
     
-    @pytest.mark.liveTest
+
     def test_eg_consumer_eg_custom_dict(self, **kwargs):
         client = EventGridConsumer()
-        deserialized_event = client.deserialize_event(eg_custom_dict)
-        event_json = deserialized_event.to_json()
-        assert deserialized_event.model.__class__ == EventGridEvent
-        assert deserialized_event.model.data is None
-        assert event_json.__class__ == dict
+        deserialized_event = client.decode_eventgrid_event(eg_custom_dict)
+        assert deserialized_event.__class__ == EventGridEvent
+        assert deserialized_event.data is None
+
 
-    @pytest.mark.liveTest
     def test_eg_consumer_eg_custom_string(self, **kwargs):
         client = EventGridConsumer()
-        deserialized_event = client.deserialize_event(eg_custom_string)
-        event_json = deserialized_event.to_json()
-        assert deserialized_event.model.__class__ == EventGridEvent
-        assert deserialized_event.model.data is None
-        assert event_json.__class__ == dict
+        deserialized_event = client.decode_eventgrid_event(eg_custom_string)
+        assert deserialized_event.__class__ == EventGridEvent
+        assert deserialized_event.data is None
+
 
-    @pytest.mark.liveTest
     def test_eg_consumer_eg_custom_bytes(self, **kwargs):
         client = EventGridConsumer()
-        deserialized_event = client.deserialize_event(eg_custom_bytes)
-        event_json = deserialized_event.to_json()
-        assert deserialized_event.model.__class__ == EventGridEvent
-        assert deserialized_event.model.data is None
-        assert event_json.__class__ == dict
+        deserialized_event = client.decode_eventgrid_event(eg_custom_bytes)
+        assert deserialized_event.__class__ == EventGridEvent
+        assert deserialized_event.data is None