SAS Australia: Jackson Warne tried steak, soup and mandarins for the first time on reality show

Jackson Warne has opened up to news.com.au about his limited diet after his stunning confession on TV that he’d never tried soup.

Jackson Warne stunned viewers of SAS Australia last night when he revealed he’d never tried tomato soup before.

The 21-year-old son of cricket legend Shane Warne made the comment to Schapelle Corby on the Channel 7 show, saying: “I’ve never had it. I’ve only had, like, 10 different foods before. I’ve just always had the same thing since I was young.”

The comment stunned not only Corby but those watching at home.

Tomato soup is a big step for Jackson Warne 🥄 #SASAustralia pic.twitter.com/25AhlgYKra

— SAS Australia on 7 (@SASAust7) October 20, 2020

Genuinely surprised at the lack of food exposure Jackson Warne has had... how sterotypically Australian. #SASAustralia

— Corey (@coreyramsay03) October 20, 2020

Jackson Warne expanding his culinary experience on #SASAustralia is something I didn’t see coming.

— David Anderson (@ando76) October 20, 2020

So what exactly are the 10 different foods Jackson has eaten his whole life?

“OK, eggs, bacon, toast, cereal, burgers, nachos, chips, apples … that’s about it,” Jackson laughed during a chat with news.com.au this morning.

Taking us through his typical day on a plate, Jackson said: “In the morning I’d wake up and I’d have eggs and bacon with an oat shake. I’d go to the gym and train, then I’d have two burgers and a protein shake and then I’d rest for the rest of the day. And for dinner I’d have a lasagne or pasta.”

The poker player said: “It’s not like I don’t want to try other foods, it’s just that I enjoy what I’m eating and it works for me.”

But that all changed when he signed on to appear on SAS Australia.

“The food on the show, there were all these different foods I hadn’t had before and they tasted awesome,” Jackson told news.com.au.

“We had oats for breakfast and the lunches were usually soup. For dinner, the first night we had these mini steaks. It was my first time having steak!

“I tried pineapple and rockmelon and had my first mandarin on the show as well.”

Jackson Warne on SAS Australia. Picture: SAS Australia

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Jackson said that most of his co-stars on SAS Australia were jealous of his limited food experiences.

“The rest of the recruits were jealous in the sense that at 21 years of age, I get to try all these foods for the first time, like sushi, fruit, steak,” he said. “They said they wish they could go back to the first time they tried all those foods.”

When his food confession scene aired in last night’s episode, Jackson said he was inundated with messages from people calling him “soup boy” and sending him the tomato emoji.

“I was watching the show with mum last night and she said, ‘Oh, you might get Heinz asking if you want to be the face of their next soup!’” Jackson laughed.

It’s not too hard to guess where Jackson’s love of the same foods over and over again comes from, with Shane Warne’s love of baked beans and tinned spaghetti having been well publicised over the years.

Shane Warne posted this photo to celebrate Jackson’s 21st birthday.

“He’s obsessed with baked beans and tinned spaghetti,” Jackson said about his dad. “We used to go to restaurants for breakfast and we’d all order eggs and toast and Vegemite and he’d bring tinned spaghetti and ask them to put it on toast. That’s how much he loves tinned spaghetti.”

The big question is, will Jackson broaden his diet now that he’s finished filming SAS Australia.

“I’m still in lockdown in Melbourne so I haven’t been able to go out to restaurants and try proper dinners,” he told news.com.au. “But my sister Brooke, she’s living with me at the moment and she’s a really good cook so all the food she’s been having, I’ve been having a little nibble on.”

JACKSON’S BIGGEST FEAR

Trying new food wasn’t Jackson’s biggest fear heading into SAS Australia; it was actually meeting and forming relationships with his co-stars.

“My number one fear going into the show was socialising,” he told news.com.au. “But I got along with everybody so well.

“When I walk into a room at functions or weddings, whether I’m next to Dad or by myself, I know that they know who I am and that they’ve got a perception of me. It’s a constant battle where I have to prove that I’m not who they think I am.

“As I’ve gotten older I’ve realised I’m so content with who I am and I’m confident in my own self and that I don’t care about that stuff anymore.

“This show helped me realise that I am just Jackson,” he told news.com.au.

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Jackson Warne on SAS Australia. Picture: Nigel Wright

WHAT’S NEXT

“I don’t know, that’s such a hard question,” Jackson told news.com.au when asked what he wants to do after SAS Australia has aired.

“I’m not really looking to do more TV shows … I wasn’t going on this show for a TV show experience, I was going on it more from what I’d learn from it and the DS (directing staff), which was discipline, maturity, time management and that sort of stuff.

“It’s hard to say what’s next when you’re in the middle of a pandemic. I’d like to play some poker over the summer.”

SAS Australia continues next Monday on Channel 7 at 7.30pm