JEREMY Clarkson is looking at banning “faddy eaters” from his pub after claiming people have tried to scam the boozer out of £50,000.
The former Top Gear and Grand Tour presenter said people with food intolerance’s are a blight on his Cotswolds bar.
Instagram/jeremyclarksonClarkson is considering banning ‘faddy eaters’ from his pub in the Cotswolds[/caption]
GettyThe former Top Gear presenter now hosts a farming show on Amazon Prime[/caption]
Clarkson, 65, launched his pub in Asthall, Oxfordshire last year, dubbing it The Farmer’s Dog.
The celeb turned farmer is reported to have spent up to £1 million getting the pub up and running.
He launched a tirade of frustration at customers after claiming punters had tried to “scam” cash from his beloved pub.
Clarkson claimed the attempted scam was part of a “fraud epidemic.”
The former Top Gear host said he had been plagued by “food tolerance enthusiasts” who claimed they were “poisoned” by his food and drink before demanding “£50,000” to compensate them.
Writing for The Times, Clarkson said: “We had one the other day who said she’d been given beer instead of cider and the gluten in it had made her so ill she’d had to cancel her holiday and we now had to reimburse her.
“Happily, we have her on CCTV not drinking beer, so we are safe on that one.
“But often landlords aren’t so lucky. Many tell me this food intolerance fraud is now an epidemic.
“And even when it isn’t fraudulent, it’s still annoying, because these faddy eaters demand that the kitchen staff jump through hoops to ensure they will not be served anything that might upset them.
“I’m seriously thinking of banning people with food intolerances.
“I know it would be commercial suicide but they are just so annoying.”
The TV personality, who also hosts Clarkson’s Farm and Who Wants to be a Millionaire? has previously taken aim at customers over their behaviour in his boozer.
He slammed punters with poor aim after complaining customers were urinating on the floor of his businesses bogs.
On one occasion, Clarkson complained after claiming customers stole a crowbar from one of the pub’s sheds.
Times Media LtdClarkson spent £1 million getting the Farmer’s Dog up and running[/caption]
Amazon PrimeA punter reportedly tried to scam him out of £50,000 after claiming his beer made them sick[/caption]
The tool was allegedly used to pry open a toilet door after a panicking little girl accidentally locked herself in.
The flurry of complaints about customers comes after the TV personality said he was the latest business to fall victim to hackers.
According to Clarkson, his boozer’s digital systems were breached and the hackers managed to “swindle” £27,000 out of the pub.
In his Sun column he wrote: “But no one thought to mention that my pub, the Farmer’s Dog, has been hit too.
“It was, though. Someone broke into our accounting system and helped themselves to £27,000.”
Similar digital attacks recently hit Jaguar Land Rover, crippling its manufacturing plants.
Staff were sent home from the Halewood factory near Liverpool on Monday after the crippling attack.
InstagramAs well as his pub, Clarkson also runs a farm shop[/caption] Published: [#item_custom_pubDate]
