Big Brother housemates Luke A and Luke S hadn’t, until yesterday, spent much time together and in fact, had barely spoken, however, after a buddy bonding session, during which both discussed their love of cooking, the lads seemed be getting close.

And in what turned out to be a mutual appreciation society sort of a chat, both Lukes disclosed what they admire about each other. Aw bless.

However, yesterday afternoon, Lauren was called to the Diary Room and set a challenge, which was to oversee and judge a cook off involving spuds.

Asked to choose the two best chefs in the house, Lauren put forward the two Lukes, who then had to go head to head to bake the perfect potato based meal for Lauren…

Using ingredients provided by the big guy, the Lukes set about the challenge with gusto and concentration, having first selected a sous chef each…

Luke S chose Conor and Luke A chose Adam as their underlings, with Luke S addressing Conor as ‘dude’ throughout and Luke A telling Adam he must call him Chef, not Luke.

But in terms of pressure, it was full on for Luke A, who told Adam “My career will be in tatters if I fail this…”

However, Luke S is more competitive than… a very competitive thing, and he badly wanted to win, especially as he was pitted against a pro-chef.

But, after careful deliberation on Lauren’s part, as both Lukes stood by anxiously wringing tea towels and receiving muttered words of encouragement from their sous chefs, Luke A won with his dish of ‘Potato gnocchi á la Schlong’.

Luke S’ dish of ‘Silk Reds’, failed to impress Lauren, and she couldn’t quite understand why it had tobacco and ketchup in it. And fair enough, that is pretty inexplicable.

Lauren’s final words about Luke S’ meal were, “The steak was nice, but it was all about the potato…”

Indeed.

Click here and here to see clips of the great Spud-U-Luke challenge.