Jeremy Clarkson bans pub customer over £24 pie complaint

Yahoo

06-06-2025

Jeremy Clarkson has banned a customer from his Oxfordshire pub after they criticised menu prices online — with the TV presenter bluntly declaring they were no longer welcome.
The former Top Gear host, 64, runs The Farmer's Dog in Oxfordshire, which serves produce from his Diddly Squat Farm.
But when a customer recently took to social media to complain about paying £24 for a pie and vegetables, Clarkson didn't hold back.
'Thought @JeremyClarkson wanted an affordable pub for customers,' the diner posted on X. '£24 for pie and veg is a bit much.'
Another user chimed in, suggesting that cheaper US beef imports would help lower prices, adding: 'Dead weight for British beef is far too expensive £6.89/kg for R4L down from the record high £6.98/kg earlier in the month.
'I can't wait till we get US beef cuts here because British beef industry is now taking the piss at those prices.'
Clarkson's reply was short and sharp: 'You are now banned from the pub.'
This isn't the first time the broadcaster has blacklisted individuals from his establishment.
Past figures barred from his pub include Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Clarkson's former Top Gear co-hosts James May and Richard Hammond — though those bans are widely assumed to be tongue-in-cheek.
Clarkson has previously defended the pub's prices by emphasising his commitment to using only British ingredients and supporting local farmers — even if that means omitting popular products like ketchup, coffee, lemonade or Coca-Cola from the menu.
A Birmingham Live reporter made the surprising revelation while visiting the Oxfordshire pub — which Clarkson opened last August — for a Sunday roast.
'You can't have coffee, ketchup or lemonade — there's a sign outside the pub explaining they don't serve coffee or ketchup,' they said.
'The people at the table next to us asked for a latte but were politely refused. I also asked for a cider shandy when we arrived but staff explained they don't sell lemonade.'
Last month, the Clarkson's Farm star revealed US comedian Ellen DeGeneres has visited the joint since relocating to the Cotswolds.
The Ellen DeGeneres Show host, 66, fled the US after Donald Trump was elected President. She moved to an Oxfordshire village with her wife, Portia de Rossi, 51, in November.
Clarkson praised the star, saying she was 'very friendly' and 'lovely' to the staff at his pub.
'She lives in the village where our pub is. Absolutely I welcome them all,' he told The Mirror.
'Everyone said she has been cancelled but she seemed nice when she came to the pub, the staff said she was very friendly and lovely. I am not going to believe what I read online. She seemed lovely.'
Clarkson previously admitted his pub 'is a total disaster' due to theft, high parking charges and toilet mishaps.
He revealed in his Times column in December that he is forced to spend £27,000 a month on parking and traffic marshals 'to keep the council off our back'.