Jeremy Clarkson to open Cotswold pub this week

Clarkson unveiled the name and opening date on Instagram, with the broadcaster posting a picture of the pub’s logo​​ and of the bar​​.

The pub will serve a range of beers and ciders brewed by Hawkstone, the brewery business Clarkson operates in partnership with the Cotswold Brewing Company.

Clarkson revealed his plans to open a pub earlier in the summer​​ after he acquired The Windmill, a former wedding and banqueting venue set in five acres of countryside near Burford, Oxfordshire, for less than £1m.

The site has subsequently undergone a renovation.

It follows a long-running saga​​ that saw the broadcaster blocked from opening a restaurant on his Diddly Squat farm, made famous by the Amazon Prime show Clarkson’s Farm, by West Oxfordshire District Council (WODC).

Clarkson has previously said he plans to inject a sense of ‘fun’ into his pub, which will have bar billiards, dominoes and darts. 

The food will be inspired by 1970s Yorkshire and include ‘shepherd’s pie, and egg and chips’.

Clarkson recently wrote in his column for ​​The Sun​​ ​about the struggles he has faced after committing to only serving British produce in his pub.

He wrote: “I said to myself that to help British farmers, it would only sell stuff that had been grown or reared in the UK.

“There’d be no coffee and no Coca-Cola, even.

“With the meat, vegetables and fruit, this wasn’t too difficult. But then I started to struggle.

“I found tea that had been grown in Cornwall and even sourced British black peppercorns, British salt and British sugar. And before you ask, yes, all the wines are British too.

“But what if someone wants a gin and tonic? Tricky, because there’s quinine in tonic and you can’t grow that here.

“There’s a similar problem with gin and orange and gin and bitter lemon. Which left me with gin and water, which I don’t think will be a big seller, even if I add a slice of turnip.

“And you try making a dessert trolley with no chocolate.

“The biggest annoyance was discovering that if I take one of my own pigs, slaughter it and butcher it, each one of the resultant sausages will cost me 74p.

“Whereas if I buy imported pig meat, the cost drops to 18p.That’s scandalous.”