Jeremy Clarkson Bans Another Popular Treat From His Pub — Unless It’s 100% British
Jeremy Clarkson has introduced yet another strict rule at his Farmer’s Dog pub in the Cotswolds: no birthday cakes allowed… unless they are 100% British-made.
The pub — which already bans items like Coca-Cola and coffee because they’re not produced within Clarkson’s ultra-local 16-mile sourcing radius — now extends the policy to any food customers bring in themselves.
One customer inquiry was met with a firm but polite email:
“As part of our commitment to back British farming, we kindly ask that only 100% British food products are brought into the pub, this sadly includes birthday cakes.”
Clarkson admits these hyper-local rules have caused massive costs, revealing in The Times that he actually loses about £10 per customer. Even basic ingredients like black pepper cost him ten times more than imported versions.
He joked that a businessman would price a hotdog at £45 to compensate — but instead, he simply asked an AI what an average Cotswolds pub should charge and went with that.
The Farmer’s Dog has also had its fair share of celebrity bans:
- Richard Hammond revealed last year he was barred just weeks after the pub opened.
- James May was apparently banned from day one.
Clarkson’s commitment to purely British produce — and his habit of banning just about anything that doesn’t comply — seems to be both a point of pride and a financial headache.
