Jeremy Clarkson admits he's 'seriously thinking' of banning 'people with food intolerances' from Farmer's Dog pub

Former Top Gear presenter and star of Amazon Prime Video’s Clarkson’s Farm, Jeremy Clarkson has some choice words for people who suffer from food intolerances, especially if they want to stop in at his pub.

If you don’t already know, Clarkson owns the Farmer’s Dog Pub in Burford and with a menu 'made entirely with ingredients produced on British farms,' according to their website, they serve up everything from steak pie and gammon steak to ham hock terrine and poached rhubarb crumble cake.

But if you happen to have a food intolerance or allergy, a visit might not be on the cards for you in the future, and it all stems from a scam that took place this year.

Many flock from all over the world to visit the pub, so this could be a divisive decision (@thefarmersdogpub)

Taking to his column for The Sun, he admitted: “I’m seriously thinking of banning people with food intolerances. I know it would be commercial suicide but they are just so annoying.”

This was after a supposed gluten intolerant customer claimed that she had been served a beer instead of cider, which consequently made her ill. And she expected the pub to reimburse her with some form of compensation.

However, thankfully, a quick check of the pub’s CCTV system showed that she had not been drinking beer at all, despite her claims.

“Food intolerance enthusiasts will claim after they leave that you poisoned them and that you must now give them 50,000 of your pounds,” he exclaimed. And it looks as though this has caused Clarkson to tighten up on who dines there.

Add in his plan to only use British ingredients, and this means that they’re already losing around £10 per person who eats there. But, it's not the only loss that his pub and farm have had in recent months.

With him predicting that 'this year’s harvest will be catastrophic,' on social media, and that it 'should be a worry for anyone who eats food,' the pub’s accounting system was also targeted by hackers, too.

This isn't the first setback that the pub has had this year (Amazon Prime Video)

You’re probably well aware that M&S, Co-op and even Jaguar Land Rover have all been the victim of hacking, but Clarkson lost £27,000 after 'someone broke into our accounting system and helped themselves to £27,000,' he affirmed.

So, it wouldn’t be the only potential setback to his business.

While it doesn’t seem that he has made any definitive decision about who can and cannot dine at his pub just yet, it might be worth double checking before making a visit if you have any doubts.

Given that many fans of his hit Amazon Prime Video show have been keen to visit themselves, with many travelling from all over the country and even further afield, will this put off potential customers? Only time will tell.

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