Jeremy Clarkson’s pub customer left floored by £317 bill but his reaction didn’t go down like he planned

Rick Gannon’s received a £317.36 bill for four at Jeremy Clarkson’s pub, The Farmer’s Dog in West Oxfordshire

Jeremy Clarkson behind the bar of his Farmer’s Dog pub

A diner who chose to visit Jeremy Clarkson’s pub, The Farmer’s Dog, over the weekend was left stunned after receiving the bill for his party of four – so much so he joked about “keeping his glass”.

Rick Gannon stopped by the West Oxfordshire pub on Sunday (September 20), where he sampled a pint of the presenter’s Hawkstone Lager presented in a The Farmer’s Pint glass.

The receipt, which included four roast dinners at £26 each and a 12.5% service charge of £35.26, reached an eye-watering total of £317.36.

“I’m keeping the glass!” Rick declared in a post on X.

“Went to Jeremy Clarkson’s pub The Farmers Dog for Sunday lunch. There were 4 of us, this is how much it cost.”

His beer, meanwhile, set him back £14, reports the Mirror.

However, many rallied to defend the price, pointing out the length of Rick’s receipt.

“You spent just under £80 quid on your drinks… so £50 a head for a three course meal bar one guest who didn’t have a dessert is reasonable in my opinion,” one person said. “Stop moaning.”

A second agreed: “Looks fairly reasonable for what you ordered. Over £40 of drinks and £36 on desserts. Plus, a number of sides. You must have seen the prices on the menu.”

A third concurred: “Broken down it’s not actually mad. Four £26 roasts, two sharing boards, extra sides, three desserts, a load of drinks and of course you’ll keep the glass, you paid £14 for it. That’s a proper Sunday session at a British farm pub, more than reasonable.”

Jeremy Clarkson’s pub sign for The Farmer’s Dog

And a fourth X user exclaimed: “What’s your problem? That works out at £79 each for a decent meal and alcohol. If you’ve got a complete talk to the British government charging nearly £50 in tax. If you wanted something cheap you should have gone to Toby Carvery.”

What Clarkson has said of his pub

Rick later returned to X to explain “What you can do at the Farmer’s Dog if you haven’t booked a table”.

“There’s the big Grand Tour tent and inside here you can buy all of the paraphernalia and bits and bobs you may want as souvenirs,” explained in a video.

Heading inside, Rick showcased the meat counters, with butchers from three local farms serving their own produce.

“There’s also the Farmer’s Puppy,” he added. “Which is an outdoor bar. There’s also a pizza van and a burger van too.”

Clarkson says of his pub on its website: “I have tried my absolute hardest to make sure that every single thing you consume in The Farmer’s Dog was grown or reared by British farmers. And I have failed.

“Yes, the pork, the beef, the lamb and the venison are all British. And so is pretty much everything else. The milk, the butter, the eggs, the vegetables and the fruit. We even cook in British oils.”

He adds: “But there have been some problems like, for instance, the simple GandT. You can’t have a pub that doesn’t offer a gin and tonic. But there is quinine in tonic water, and you can’t grow that in Britain.

“Sure, I could have served gin and water instead, but I didn’t think you’d enjoy it very much. Especially as, instead of a slice of lemon, you’d have been given a slice of turnip, or some potato peelings.”