Kent has become the first county to successfully grow a terra-ific crop of sweet potatoes - planted and harvested in Swanley.

The first ever British grown variety has been in development for the past three years at Watts Farm, but we wanted to know whether the people of Kent cared for the sweet potato or not.

TOP STORIES: Following a News Shopper poll, it has been confirmed that when the chips are down, 83 per cent of north Kent people prefer the sweet potato over a normal spud.

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Joe Cottingham is proud to be in charge of the country's first sweet spud crop

Joe Cottingham, the group director at Watts Farms, said: “We are hugely proud to be delivering this UK first.

“Sweet potatoes are now a UK dinner table favourite, and these taste and look exactly the same as those grown overseas, so to have them from home soil is a great feat for us.”

Interestingly, the survey also shows that 17 per cent of our readers don’t care for either potato.