Spudman serving up the Goods (Image: Spudman)
Mecca the bingo venue in Blackpool teamed up with chef and influencer Spudman to give away jacket potatoes recently.
The crème de la crème of Jacket potatoes was on offer containing lobster and samphire and aptly named "Jackpot Jack Pots" with a full house of toppings.
The social media King of jacket potatoes was on the final leg of his tour in which he serves up UK's most luxurious jacket potato this winter.
Posting on LinkedIn Leonard Kibira – Lubega of the Rank Group said: “A big thank you to the team at Blackpool for their hard work on the day and Sarah Barnes for the support.
“65 new members signed up and great publicity from the local press.”
Ben Newman aka The Spudman said: “We are here in Blackpool to serve some awesome jacket potatoes. Check out the queue we've got, we don't open for another hour and they're already here queuing They are an absolutely lovely crowd.”
Ben said it was great to be taking lots of selfies, signing lots of books and hopefully selling lots of potatoes.
Leonard said: “We've teamed up with Viral Sensational and Spudman so that we can share the fun in the jackpot to give out the most luxurious jacket potatoes. Our people were here from 8 o'clock in the morning queuing up, braving the cold. They’re looking forward to testing our variation of the jacket potato.
“The luxurious potato we're serving today has lobster tail, we've got a caviar there, truffle and much more.”
Leonard said: I’ve just gone all out on the lobster jacket potato at Spudman. I'm a chef myself so obviously lobster's going to tickle my fancy, there’s caviar on there as well, the gold leaf, everything you want as a chef.”
Mecca customers and staff sampled some of the finest jacket potatoes around with Spudman happy to meet and greet the crowds who turned out for this one-off event hosted by Mecca Blackpool.
Young and old alike queued up in the cold to sample potatoes with tuna, cheese and beans along with a number of other fillings. Many had come just to meet the man himself and find out what the hype was all about. One customer said: “It was great to meet Spudman, he is a great guy, and he does a lot for the community. It was a once in a lifetime chance to come along. The world needs more people like Spudman.”
Most of my career was spent in teaching including at one of the UK’s top private schools. I left London in 2000 and set up home in Wales raising four beautiful children. I enrolled at University where I studied Photography and film and gained a Degree and subsequently a Masters Degree. In 2014 I helped launch a new local newspaper and managed to get front and back page as well as 6 filler pages on a weekly basis. I saw that journalism was changing and was a pioneer of hyperlocal news in Wales. In 2017 I started one of the first 24/7 free independent news sites for Wales. Having taken that to a successful business model I was keen for a new challenge. Joining the company is exciting for me especially as it is a new role in Europe. I am keen to establish myself and help others to do the same.
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