Farmers Guardian Podcast: Social media chef Poppy O'Toole aka 'The Potato Queen'

Tik Tok sensation Poppy O'Toole is a michelin-trained chef and rose to fame for sharing her love of potatoes online. For this week's podcast, she gives her top tips on how to get the perfect roast potato for your Christmas dinner and explains why we should be getting behind British farmers

Rachael Brown
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Michelin-trained chef Poppy O'Toole known as 'The Potato Queen' has become a social media sensation sharing her absolute love for the humble potato. She gave her top tips for making the best roast potato for your Christmas dinner and explained why she is passionate about supporting farmers and British grown produce, and why buying local is important to her. 

And from one potato queen to our very own potato king, we also speak to Farmers Guardian's potato expert Cedric Porter to find out what is going on in the market right now and how growers are feeling about the year ahead. 

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