Potato Expo 2023 Pt 2
From the Ag Information Network, I’m Bob Larson. This year’s Potato Expo took place last week in Aurora, Colorado.
One of this year’s highlights was the “This Spuds for You: Celebrity Cookoff” featuring Food Network celebrities, Ted Allen, Duff Goldman, AND Simon Majumdar, on hand for his third Potato Expo ...
MAJUMDAR … “I get here to meet people who really kind of create or have fun with them. And I love, love potatoes, because, you know, I’m from England. We love potatoes. I have friends from Ireland. We love potatoes. And so, to me, it’s just real fun to be here.”
So, how did his Food Network friends get there? …
MAJUMDAR … “What happened was, Duff, he got in touch with me after seeing me posting on Twitter. And I said, well it’s fantastic, and he goes, well how come I don’t get to be on the Potato Expo? And I said, well you can be. I’ll get you invited.”
And the cook-off idea just made sense …
MAJUMDAR … “What I always say is, yeah, we’re going to have fun doing the competition, but we’re going to take it really seriously as well.”
But his good friend Duff Goldman says, wait a minute …
GOLDMAN … “No, we’re not … ha ha ha … I think Simon was taking it more seriously than … I don’t know … no, no, no … I mean it’s all fun.”
And the audience? …
GOLDMAN … “I don’t know. I guess there’s just something in potatoes that makes people nice. You know, everybody’s so cool.”
But, will Goldman be back? …
GOLDMAN … “Yeah, if they have me back, I will be back here in a heartbeat.”
That would be next year, January 10-11 in Austin, Texas for the 2024 Potato Expo.
