The Farmer’s Canine in Oxfordshire has been inundated with reservations because the controversial presenter’s hit sequence Clarkson’s Farm returned to screens earlier this month
Jeremy Clarkson’s pub, The Farmer’s Canine in Oxfordshire, has confronted harsh criticism after patrons had been shocked by a component that contradicted its ‘100 per cent’ British branding.
The pub has been extensively promoting its menu as being solely composed of meat and greens all raised and grown within the UK. Nevertheless, there appears to be one surprising American affect that has left Clarkson’s prospects puzzled.
One social media person lamented about “spending two hours listening to American-themed music” throughout their go to to the pub.
They wrote: “Superb birthday weekend in Cotswolds, visited Jeremy Clarkson’s The Farmers Canine, which prides itself on being 100% British. The meals was unreal, however please change the music to go well with. Spent the 2 hours I used to be there listening to American-themed music.”
They concluded their criticism with the hashtag “notbritish”. One other remark acknowledged: “No ketchup, no espresso, but additionally no British artists/music enjoying. A lot on the market accessible. Can be returning although, meals was superb and properly priced.”
On his web site, Clarkson maintained that he has “tried his hardest” to make sure every little thing consumed at The Farmer’s Canine is British, however he has made one exception for an merchandise that he believes a pub cannot function with out, stories the Categorical.
He quipped: “You may’t have a pub that does not provide a gin and tonic. However there’s quinine in tonic water, and you’ll’t develop that in Britain. Certain, I may have served gin and water as an alternative, however I did not assume you’d take pleasure in it very a lot.
“Particularly as, as an alternative of a slice of lemon, you’d have been given a slice of turnip, or some potato peelings.
“You may, nonetheless, run a pub that does not serve avocado or Coca-Cola, so we do not. As a substitute, we give you British fizzy drinks made with British grown fruit. And British grown tea. And earlier than you ask, sure, the wine is British too. As is the Hawkstone, clearly.”
The Farmer’s Canine restaurant is now taking bookings for weekday lunch, dinner, and Sunday roast, however Clarkson assures that there is no must guide for The Farmer’s Pet or terrace – simply rock up.
Following the discharge of the fourth sequence of the beloved Clarkson’s Farm on Amazon, the pub has seen an inflow of patrons, and Clarkson has opened up about how launching the venue performed havoc along with his well being final yr.
Chatting with Gloucestershire Stay, he admitted: “I like exhausting work. If I do not do one thing constructive in a day, I wrestle to go to sleep that evening.
“However that was foolish, and it did mess my coronary heart up. It is very traumatic working a pub. It is extra traumatic than working a farm.”
He commented on the isolation that always accompanies farming, stating, “You are by yourself on the farm, which is why there’s a lot unhappiness in farming, since you’re coping with all of it by yourself.”