Kalani Ghost Hunter interview at Spud Bros' 70th anniversary celebrations

Lancashire Post

The Lancashire Post speaks to world-famous American TikTok food reviewer Kalani Ghost Hunter, who is in Preston to try his first Spud Bros' jacket potato

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00:00Great guys, so if you could just introduce yourselves and let me know who you are and why you're here in Preston today.

00:04I'm Kalani Ghost Hunter.

00:06I'm Pop.

00:08This is Pop.

00:09I'm Savannah, his wife.

00:10Lovely to meet you all. Welcome to Preston first of all. It's lovely to have you here.

00:13Just talk me through why you're here today because it's a very special day.

00:15So just give me a bit of background as to what brought you to Preston today.

00:18So we wanted to come to Preston today to be a part of the unveiling of the Spud Bros new tram

00:22and be a part of the day-to-day and give out some spuds.

00:25Try out some parched peas because we have not had any fresh parched peas yet.

00:29No, not yet.

00:30We've heard that that's a delicacy here.

00:32So we're going to give it a run and see how it goes.

00:34Absolutely.

00:35So just in terms of baked potatoes, it's a very British thing.

00:37It's not really an American thing.

00:39Our potatoes are different.

00:41Very different. Have you tried Spud Bros potatoes before?

00:43We have not had a Spud Bro potato.

00:45So that's part of our pilgrimage today is to come and finally experience a Spud Bro.

00:50We're here just for that.

00:52100%.

00:53What are you anticipating because it's a uniquely British thing, but what in your mind does it involve?

00:58So we've had jacket potatoes before, but we've realised it's very topping heavy.

01:04And the toppings are a lot different than what an American would experience.

01:08So I think when you throw on beans, cheese, chilli, throw on onions, coleslaw,

01:14there's stuff in there that kind of gives you a different flavour balance

01:17that most Americans wouldn't experience.

01:20Well in America it's more of a side and here the way you guys do it, it's like the main dish.

01:24It's the thing, isn't it?

01:25Which is different, yeah.

01:26So what do you think about beans?

01:27Because that's a big thing where Americans are like, just beans, what are you doing?

01:29But beans here are huge.

01:30Everyone eats them all the time.

01:32So what's your take on beans?

01:33So I love beans.

01:35And I love beans and cheese.

01:37Cheesy Beano is one of my favourite things.

01:39And I think people in the US don't realise that the beans here are in a tomato sauce.

01:43Not a sweet sauce.

01:44And it's baked as well, so it's pre-cooked.

01:46It's not like a barbecue bean in the US that's really sweet.

01:50It's more kind of like ketchup.

01:53Ketchup and beans mixed with cheese.

01:55Sweet, savoury, butter, potato.

01:57It's got it all really, hasn't it?

01:58You can't go wrong with cheesy beans.

01:59Brilliant.

02:00So just talking about today, how much are you looking forward to it?

02:02I'm looking forward to it.

02:03I know I've got a lot of people here that have already kind of cornered me.

02:05And they've been excited to meet me.

02:07And I brought my dad all the way from the US.

02:09It's his first time.

02:10He didn't even have a passport.

02:11Oh, amazing.

02:12Until I said, you know, we're going to take him to the UK.

02:14First trip to Preston.

02:15So it's his first trip to the UK, first trip to Preston.

02:18And he's getting to experience it all with us.

02:20Excellent.

02:21Well I hope you all have a lovely day.

02:22Thanks so much for coming.

02:23Enjoy it.

02:24When we rate the food, I get the task of giving 10.

02:28Absolutely.

02:29Which is perfect.

02:30Do you know what?

02:31After you've had your baked potato, I'll come to you and you can give a rating.

02:33Yes, yes.

02:37If I can't get it in the US, if it tastes real good,

02:42if it's something that I'm willing to spend my hard-earned money on,

02:46then it's onalicious, as we say in Hawaii.

02:49It's a 10.

02:50100%.

02:51I love the shirt as well.

02:52Yes, yes.

02:53Thank you very much, guys.

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