Watch what happened when viral Tik-Tok sensation Ben Newman, aka Spudman, came to Blackpool.
People queued at Mecca Bingo from 8am to try the social media star's famous jacket potatoes - including a luxury gold-leaf gourmet variety called the Jackpot Jack Pot.
People queued at Mecca Bingo from 8am to try the social media star's famous jacket potatoes - including a luxury gold-leaf gourmet variety called the Jackpot Jack Pot.
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00:00Right, I am Ben Newman aka The Spudman and we are here in Blackpool to serve you guys
00:06some awesome jacket potatoes. Check out the queue we've got, we don't open for another
00:10hour and they're already here queuing up and these seem like an absolutely lovely crowd
00:15so yeah it's great. Taking lots of selfies, signing lots of books and yeah hopefully can
00:21sell lots of potatoes. We've teamed up with Viral Sensational and Spudman so that we can
00:27be able to share the fun in the jackpot to give out amazing or the most luxurious jacket
00:34potato. Our people were here from 8 o'clock in the morning queuing up, braving the cold
00:39as they're looking forward to testing our variation of the jacket potato. The luxurious
00:45jacket potato we're serving today has lobster tail, we've got a caviar there, truffle and
00:53much more. Tell me what you've ordered today? Well we've just gone all out on the lobster
00:59jackpot potato at Spudman. I'm a chef myself so obviously lobster's going to tickle my
01:06fancy I'd say. Caviar? Yeah, the caviar on there as well, the gold leaf, everything you
01:12could want as a chef. I'm a spud jacket potato so I'm going to go and eat it, is that alright?
01:18A lot of the spud wars between him and the spud brothers in Preston, I thought come round
01:23give them a go. I usually go for a tuna mayo but I want to try and branch out today, something
01:29special, probably once in a lifetime to meet Spudman himself, try something special. We've
01:36ordered cheese and beans times three. So you didn't fancy anything a little bit more exotic?
01:42No, a bit simple like that. It was more to meet the guy really because he's such a good
01:46guy and I heard he does such a lot for the community and yeah, the world needs more people
01:52like him. How do you know about Spudman? Through the kids. Why have you come down today? To
01:58see what all the hype's about, to see if they live up to the standards. What are you ordering
02:04today? The jacket potato cheese and beans. At the end of the day cheese and beans is
02:08still the best seller and you can't mess with what everyone wants. Cheese and beans, loads
02:13of butter, crispy skinned jacket potato, fluffy inside. You can't get better than that
02:19on a cold day. I'm here in the queue to do TikToks for TurboSent. A jacket spud, you
02:23can't really go wrong with it. So yeah, I'm very excited. I've known about him for a long
02:27time and his food does look good online and I'm not surprised he's built a big following.
02:32Mecca have brought me to these places and we get to go and see fans that wouldn't normally
02:36get to be able to come to see us in Tamworth. It's been really good fun.