- It's just not very interesting.
It's missing some flavor.
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- Hi, I'm Sam and today we are gonna be
trying each other's jacket potatoes.
- A jacket potato is a cultural institution.
- It's basically a baked potato that you can
either do in the microwave or the oven
and you add toppings to.
And it's literally as simple as that.
- I would say the classic toppings
for a jacket potato are cheese and beans...
- Spaghetti hoops.
- Tuna mayo and sweetcorn.
- Chili con carne.
- Prawn mayo.
- The world's your oyster with a jacket potato.
- I'm looking for flavor.
If there's not flavor, that would be a huge loss for me.
- How well the topping works with the potato.
The placement of the cheese.
- I'm looking for something that I haven't had before.
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- Let's try some jacket potatoes.
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- In my recipe I have a jacket potato, obviously,
I have tomato puree, onions which you caramelize,
plenty of sweet paprika and I have lots of cheese.
It's really easy to make and it's delicious
and it's hearty and it just makes you feel good.
- I do like spicy food.
I like a lot of flavor.
So I am hopeful that this will hit the spot.
- I think this is bizarre, personally.
- I think there's something missing.
I'm open to being proven wrong by the taste.
Okay.
Yeah.
Actually pretty great.
- The cheese works really well,
but they told me to put the cheese on top of the onion
and not on the potato.
So they're gonna lose points there.
- I can't really taste the tomato puree.
It's really all about the onions and the cheddar and spices.
But, that flavor trio is pretty damn good.
- It's a spicy cheese and onion jacket potato,
which I think actually, if you went into a cafe,
people would probably order this.
- It looked a bit insubstantial in that
the potato to filling quantity, there's more potato.
But, because there's a lot of spice
and I've added a lot of cheddar,
because you know, why not?
That really works quite well.
- I think this is missing extra sauce
and maybe a bit of protein.
So I think I would add the beans or maybe a bit of chicken.
And a bit of seasoning, I think, as well.
It's just a bit plain Jane.
It's just a bit boring.
Really sorry, whoever's jacket potato this is.
I really don't like it very much.
- It is good.
It could be better.
- I'm gonna rate this five out of 10.
I didn't enjoy the flavors very much.
It feels really unfinished.
- I wanna say a seven.
I think seven is quite generous.
You know, you're pushing towards your higher numbers,
but, I do think this could be improved
with a few tweaks here or there.
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For my jacket potato, you're gonna fry some red onions,
you're going to make some tuna with a little seasoning,
preferably a bit of rosemary and garlic.
Then you're gonna add those to the potato
and add a little grated cheddar for a finish.
I have put tuna on my jacket because I think it's supreme.
That and the combination of ingredients
surely is gonna tick some boxes.
- I feel like someone's just tried to
get a bit fancy with this one.
It probably would have been better
to just put the raw red onion in with the tuna mayo.
I think that would have been nicer,
made it a bit fresher and a bit crunchier.
- I've had a tuna mayo jacket potato before,
but never with the addition of the red onions.
So I don't know how it's gonna work.
You know, it's cold and it's hot,
and it's like hot onion, mayonnaise.
Ooh, ooh.
- Why have they grated cheese on the cold tuna Mayo?
Like what are we gaining from that?
Put the cheese on the potato.
Not on the filling.
This is good.
Classic jacket.
- It's it's all right.
- Tuna.
Mayo.
Cheese.
Onion.
Really good.
- This isn't what I would like go for or pick myself.
It's filling, and I'm eating it and it's nice,
but it's just not like flavorful enough.
- I'd probably put a little bit more mayonnaise in the tuna.
They were a bit mean.
They only said one tablespoon.
- It's missing something.
I'm sorry.
It's just not hitting it for me.
- I feel like this is my main competition.
I'm gonna give this an eight out of 10.
They've gone classic with a little bit of a twist
with the cooked onion.
I will be doing that again.
- Honestly, I'm so sorry.
This is just my personal taste,
but I'm gonna give this a four,
just because it is a bit bland
and it's just not very interesting.
It's missing some flavor.
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- My jacket potato is a cheap version
of barbecue pulled pork.
So you have some pulled chicken,
barbecue sauce and some bacon.
And it has to be served with a bit of coleslaw.
Well, that's my preference anyway.
What's not to love?
- So right here we have the bacon contender.
It is a sultry compilation of bacon,
chicken and barbecue sauce,
which is honestly fabulous.
- My first impression of this is that it's like, wow,
it's quite a feast for the eyes.
- Jacket potatoes are very British,
but this is quite an American twist.
Fusion food.
- It's so saucy, and there's lots of bacon and chicken.
It looks quite rich.
- Whoever has made this,
it feels like they know me intimately
because this is my jam.
- The one thing I will say is that
when I think about jacket potatoes
I always have cheese on them.
But this looks incredible.
I wanted try something new and this has
really hit my expectations.
- Mm.
Mm.
This is good.
Oh my God, I love it.
- That is so good.
(laughing)
Whoever made this, I love you.
- The barbecue sauce and the coleslaw is genius.
- It carries all the flavors of barbecue.
The smokiness, the pepperiness, tanginess.
It's a great potato.
- I would have added cheddar cheese,
because that would have slapped.
- The potato is a little bit lost,
but the focus is never really the potato,
it's what you add to it.
- This might be my new go-to potato recipe.
God damn it.
I love it so much.
I think it's gotta be a nine out of 10.
I'm not reluctant to give a 10 out of 10,
but this needs cheese and then it would be stratospheric.
- This is my first, but I'm gonna give this...
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- Can I get a drum roll please for third place?
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There is actually no third place
because there was a joint second place
of Sam and Miu.
- Oh my God. - Oh my God.
You know what, that is the best result.
Like I've come third before, and it's cold out there,
so I'm really happy.
- I completely agree.
I think that is the best I could've hoped for.
- So first place is, of course, Chloe.
- Yes!
- Woo!
- Thank you, guys.
Well you know, I just wanna say thank you
to all the jacket potatoes out there.
I couldn't have done it without you.
And thank you to Sam and Miu.
You know, I'm so glad you enjoyed it.
- Yeah, I loved it, honestly.
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