The contestant resorted to smuggling pocketfuls of Yorkshire puddings into the TV studio while filming the new Squid Game-inspired gameshow ’99 to Beat’ where they inconsiderately didn’t cater to his addiction
A self-admitted Yorkshire pudding addict, who eats 20 a day, smuggled pocketfuls of them into TV studios whilst filming for a new game show.
Jake Farrar is set to star in ITV’s brand-new Squid Game-inspired gameshow ’99 to Beat’. A total of 100 contestants will take part in quirky games with the aim of not coming last, or they will be eliminated.
The winner of the show will walk away with a whopping £25,000 prize. Unfortunately for Jake, 28, on his first day at Shinfield Studios, in Reading, he noticed they weren’t catering for his foodie addiction.
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Unwilling to go without, he smuggled in a load of Yorkshire puddings to get his fix. The father-of-three, from Middlesbrough, has three entire shelves of his fridge freezer stacked with the beloved item. One of the key things driving him to win is that he hopes to use the prize money to open his own Yorkshire pudding-themed restaurant.
The show is hosted by brothers Adam and Ryan Thomas, siblings of Love Island’s Scott Thomas. The eight-part series will premiere at 6pm on March 22 on ITV.
Jake said: “I had a couple in my backpack, but I felt like I was on rations, they didn’t provide any with the catering. I go through at least 20 a day, so it was a shock to the system when they didn’t provide any. I’ve now planned to keep a few Yorkshire puddings in my pocket for energy.
“My passion and my eyes on the prize mentality will give me the edge and the drive over my competitors. If I won the money I would love to set up my own Yorkshire pudding-inspired restaurant where every dish from starters to mains to desserts is inspired by Yorkshire puddings and if there’s a little left I’d take my kids to Disneyland. My restaurant would be called The Family Pud Club.
“They can literally be used for anything. One of my favourites is to use them to be mini Shepherds pies but I’ll have them with curry’s, chips and I’ve turned them into a pizza before.”
Not everyone can handle their British staples as well as Jake.
A woman left Brits gobsmacked after she sampled English mustard for the first time, cautioning her fellow Americans that it could “burn your face off”.
Desarae Legros, a food blogger known for her chaotic cooking videos under the handle @cooking_comedy_chaos, recently decided to give a classic British ham sandwich with English mustard a go.
Despite being a fan of spicy flavours, she was taken aback by the fiery kick of the condiment. Ignoring warnings, she slathered on the mustard generously.
“I’ve been told about 5,000 times to be very careful because it’s super spicy but I love spicy so I’m not going to be as careful as all my British friends wanted me to be,” she said while opening a jar of Coleman’s English Mustard. She took a whiff and conceded that it did smell spicy.
“I love mustard, I am very much a mustard girl. I love a turkey sandwich with mustard, a roast beef sandwich with mustard, a ham sandwich with mustard, I just love mustard.” She then scooped up a teaspoonful of the English mustard and spread it on her slice of bread.
Brits watching the video cringed as she slathered it on thickly like butter, even declaring that one teaspoon “definitely wasn’t enough”. After adding another full teaspoon of mustard to the bread, she wondered if it contained horseradish and declared the quantity perfect.