Types of potatoes: a seasonal guide

Celebration Potatoes

What to cook with Celebration Potatoes

A customer favourite that proved so popular last year, Celebration Potatoes are back. Their creamy texture makes them perfect for roasting until golden, turning into a velvety mash or serving simply with butter and seasonal herbs.

Where do our Celebration Potatoes come from?

Grown exclusively for M&S in the sandy soils of Suffolk's coastal strip, Celebration Potatoes are produced using pioneering local farming methods. The result is a potato with great flavour, carefully grown with sustainability in mind.

Purple Sweet Potatoes

A colourful twist on the classic sweet potato, our Speciality Purple Flesh Sweet Potatoes have a delicately creamy flavour and vibrant purple colour. Roast, mash or turn into wedges to add a pop of colour to every plate.

Where do our Purple Flesh Sweet Potatoes come from?

Our Speciality Purple Flesh Sweet Potatoes are sourced from trusted M&S Select Farms, where they're grown with care and selected for their flavour, quality and distinctive colour. Only the pick of the crop makes it into our Foodhalls. Find them in selected stores.

What to cook with Purple Sweet Potatoes

Try our comforting purple sweet potato and black bean soup, where their natural sweetness pairs perfectly with smoky spices and hearty beans.They're also delicious roasted until tender, like in these roasted purple sweet potatoes with tuna, whipped harissa cottage cheese and crispy chickpeas, a colourful, flavour-packed dish that's ideal for lunch or a light supper.

Grown exclusively on the island of Jersey, Jersey Royals have a nutty flavour and buttery texture thanks to the island’s mild climate and rich, fertile earth. Our first-in-season Jerseys are grown in glasshouses, which allows them to be harvested that little bit sooner and sent to an M&S Foodhall near you – look out for our early season Jersey Royals in selected stores.

Where do our Jersey Royals come from?

We have an expert team on the island dedicated to ensuring M&S only gets the pick of the crop. We work with growers like seventh-generation farmer Philip Le Maistre, who ensures only the tastiest Jerseys make it to our stores. He also employs regenerative farming practices at his family farm, like planting hedgerows and wildflower mixes, to enhance biodiversity.

To enjoy their delicate, sweet flavour at its best, keep it simple – try Jerseys simply steamed and tossed with butter and fresh mint. But they do work well for roasting, especially later in the season, when they're slightly bigger – give our Jersey Royal hasslebacks with truffle mayonnaise a go.

They also work a treat with creamy cheeses, as in these easy Jersey Royal and parmesan flatbreads. Make Jerseys the star of this easy three-ingredient focaccia, a simple potato curry, or an easy Jersey Royal and green bean salad.

With a delicate flavour and buttery texture, new potatoes – which are at their best in spring and summer – are a seasonal treat. Our M&S Select Farmers select the very best British new potatoes, harvesting from before sunrise to ensure only the top spuds make it to store. We aim to have them delivered within 48 hours of being picked.

Where do our new potatoes come from?

We only work with trusted M&S Select Farmers, like Nick Goff, of Norfolk’s Crow Hill Farm. The farm’s deep, sandy soils and high levels of sunshine are what give the potatoes their sweet flavour. Nik works in harmony with nature to help protect and enhance wildlife on the farm.

If you can't get enough of golden, crispy bits, try Tom Kerridge’s smashed potatoes with whipped feta, or irresistible parmesan potatoes with a creamy blue cheese dip.

Or bake into a simple, summery traybake with cod and cherry tomatoes for a winning one-pan dinner.

They also work a treat with bold spices, like this fragrant korma traybake or chickpea and potato curry.

The O.G. variety for the very best roasties, thanks to their ability to go gorgeously golden and crisp on the outside and stay fluffy and light in the middle.

Where do our Maris Piper potatoes come from?

Our Maris Piper potatoes are sourced from trusted M&S Select Farms who always choose the pick of the crop for our Foodhalls.

It’s all about golden, crunchy roasties. Try Tom Kerridge’s game-changing roast potato recipe with our fluffy British Maris Pipers next time you’re in charge of Sunday roast.

Their floury texture also makes Maris Pipers great for mash, like in the topping for this spiced-up version of the classic family fave, curried cottage pie.

A jacket potato is one of the nation’s favourite dinners – and for good reason. To level-up your baked spud, choose our Ultimate Jacket Potato. It bakes up to golden, fluffy spud perfection.

Where do our baking potatoes come from?

They’re specially selected from the best potato varieties to ensure they’re guaranteed to go gorgeously golden and crisp on the outside and silky-smooth and creamy in the middle.

Rubbing the skin with a little oil and sea salt will help the skin go gorgeously crisp and golden. Pierce the potatoes with a fork, but don’t wrap in foil – it’s not necessary. Allow plenty of time for them to bake fully in a piping hot oven.

Then it’s all about loading them up with flavour-packed toppings. Try a hearty vegetarian chilli or punchy spicy chicken. Or give our take on the viral cheesy bean jacket potato a try. Inspired by the social media trend, this crowd-pleasing traybake loads fluffy jacket potatoes with creamy cheese sauce and baked beans, before being topped with even more cheese and baked until golden and bubbling.

What to cook with Trinity Gold potatoes

Looking for a great all-rounder spud? Our exclusive Trinity Gold potatoes are just as good used for golden wedges as they are for fluffy mash and roasties. Try our recipe for Cajun-spiced wedges with sour cream and onion dip, or mega-moreish salt and vinegar potato wedges.

Where do our Trinity Gold potatoes come from?

Our Trinity Golds are sourced from carefully chosen M&S Select Farms, who only source the pick of the crop for consistent quality in our Foodhalls.

What to cook with King Edwards

Renowned for their light, fluffy texture, these champion spuds are ideal for a creamy, rich mash or next-level roasties. Try in a topping for fish pie. Or peel, par-boil and roast in hot oil for the best roasties ever. They also hold their shape well when cooked, making them excellent for a luxurious potato dauphinoise.

Where do our King Edward potatoes come from?

Our King Edwards are 100% British, all year round, and we source them from trusted growers who ensure only the pick of the crop make it to our Foodhalls.

These are best-in-season, pick-of-the-crop M&S potatoes. We only source our potatoes from trusted M&S Select Farmers, who choose the very best spuds for our Foodhall based on appearance, texture and flavour. Read our monthly seasonal guide to find out which varieties are at their best right now, and check out our online home of recipes for inspiration on what to cook with potatoes.