TV star Jeremy Clarkson believes running a pub in the current economic climate will be tough as hundreds of people queued for hours to get inside his new business venture on its opening day. The pub in Asthall, near Burford in Oxfordshire, re-opened to the public at midday after being renamed The Farmer’s Dog. Advertisement Around 300 people had formed an orderly queue snaking around the car park and large beer garden to wait for the doors to be opened.
Advertisement On the stroke of midday, the former Top Gear presenter appeared and announced to loud cheers from the crowd: “We’re open.” And holding up his phone to show the time, Clarkson: “We’re also not late. Welcome everybody.
” He was accompanied by his Irish girlfriend Lisa Hogan and fellow stars from his hit Amazon show – Clarkson’s Farm – Kaleb Cooper, Charlie Ireland and Gerald Cooper. Advertisement Advertisement Jeremy Clarkson’s behind the bar of The Farmer’s Dog (Neil Robinson/PA) As people filed into the former Windmill pub, Clarkson said selling British-only produce was expensive and “doubted” it would turn a profit. “I’m not very good at business plans and I haven’t done one,” he told reporters.
Advertisement “I do know this. If I take one of our pigs and we slaughter it and butcher it and we turn it into sausages and we sell it here, it costs us 74p. “If I buy imported pig meat, it is 18p.
So, something is wrong with the food system in this country.” Jeremy Clarkson arri.