Roast potatoes will be tastier and 'crispier' if you cook with 1 kitchen item

Celebrity chef Tom Kerridge has revealed one the one kitchen item guaranteed to stop guaranteed to give roast potatoes a crispy exterior. Kerridge shared five tricks to ensure the perfect roast potato on his show, Tom Kerridge Sunday Lunch, as he stated that "a potato served at a Sunday Roast has certain requirements to meet.

According to Kerridge, for a potato to be deemed worthy of a place on the Sunday lunch plate, "it needs to be fluffy on the inside, crisp on the outside, with that unmistakable golden exterior." Luckily, the world-famous chef did acknowledge that not everybody will have his culinary talents, as he shared methods that he believes give regular cooks the best opportunity of impressing, as he shared five top tips. A post on the BBC Food Network said: "Tom's first trick is to poach, not boil your potatoes. That means, instead of having the water rapidly bubbling, have it simmering.

"This will help them cook evenly and all the way through before roasting, for that light, fluffy inside."

They added: "His next top tip is to place your potatoes on a rack after poaching.

"Believe it or not, the rack is important, as it allows air circulation through the potatoes that lets them dry around the outside, therefore getting crispy exterior when you roast them."

Wire racks allow food to be cooked on the whole of its exterior, as opposed to cooking them on baking trays which can often stop them cooking on the part of the potato where the food meets the tray.

A relatively inexpensive kitchen item, Kerridge believes that they can have a big impact on the quality of the final dish.

Kerridge is a popular face on the British culinary scene, with a host of success on TV, in print and in restaurants behind him.

Earlier this year, he opened up about his struggles with anxiety and fears for the future as he said he was "still scared every day" that his huge success will come crashing down.

Speaking to The Standard, he said: "I'm still scared every day, I worry about being relevant. Is the phone still ringing? It's been the same for 20 years.

"I think you have to be incredibly arrogant to think you've 'made it'. It's the same in every business, any good entrepreneur will think it. And so you have to keep going. It could all stop at any time.

"You can't daydream through the day. You have to make sure everything is done properly, to the same standard as it always was. The feeling sits heavy on your shoulders. It could all go wrong."