Last night, Black Eyed Peas rapper apl.de.ap—real name Allan Pineda Lindo—served up a baked potato and managed to stay in the competition, confusing viewers of Celebrity MasterChef.

Gregg Wallace and John Torode, the judges, had instructed him to give them something with goat’s cheese, but he initially mistook the ingredient for a slab of butter.

Following that, the rapper roasted a potato and filled it with bacon and mushrooms, creating a very simple dish that didn’t particularly impress many spectators.

However, apl.de.ap didn’t need to dazzle the viewers at home because the judges gave his baked potato a positive review, keeping him in the competition.

Wallace applauded the rapper for his “absolutely sound” ingredient selection but wished there had been a side dish; on the other hand, Torode praised the rapper for baking a potato with “great textures as well as really good flavor.”

Additionally, he had attempted to make some potatoes with sautéed garlic and onions, but he admitted that while he was cooking, his “mind went blank” and he had forgotten about them.

Dianne Buswell, the star of Strictly Come Dancing, was ultimately eliminated from Celebrity MasterChef, and several fans were incensed that she had left while the contestant who was making a baked potato had remained.

One fan complained that Celebrity MasterChef was “dumbed down TV at its worst” since the rapper prepared a baked potato that the judges approved of.

Even though it was true, another fan of the program couldn’t believe they were watching “Dianna out but Apl still in with a dry jacket potato.”

Someone else objected that his baked potato “didn’t even make a side of beans.”

Another viewer remarked, “How mini will-i-am got through after making a jacket potato is beyond me,” but they weren’t fans of the meal the judges dubbed a “marriage made in heaven.”

Even though the baked potato is a fairly simple dish, the baked potato with goat’s cheese, mushrooms, and bacon — which was supposedly cooked quite well — demonstrates that any dish that is prepared properly can be deemed to be very great indeed.

All of the complainers were only able to observe it; they were unable to taste it.

Other viewers were encouraged by the baked potato’s success; one said, “There is hope for me and my culinary skills yet,” and another said, “After having baked potatoes for dinner, I wonder if we’re ready for MasterChef.”