Clarkson’s Farm star Jeremy Clarkson has been dealt another massive setback at his pub after a punter attempted to secure a substantial payout over a supposed food intolerance.
The former Top Gear presenter disclosed that he was compelled to furnish evidence following a disgruntled patron’s bid to claim thousands in damages.
Clarkson exposed how food intolerance fraud is becoming increasingly problematic for pub landlords, writing in his Times column: “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.”
Clarkson then launched an attack on “faddy eaters” who he claims are harming businesses across the UK, even joking that he has contemplated barring those with intolerances, reports the Express.
He added: “I know it would be commercial suicide, but they are just so annoying.”
The Farmer’s Dog team have also encountered numerous grim problems from patrons, ranging from shocking discoveries in the toilets to drunken punch-ups.
He continued: “I do know that one day, after all the staff have left for the night, Rupert’s going to check the loos in his pub and find that someone has pebbledashed the walls with a gallon of diarrhoea.”
Clarkson’s most recent trouble at the pub follows his revelation that cyber criminals managed to pilfer £27,000 from the pub’s system. He wrote in The Sun: “So, Jaguar Land Rover had to shut down its production lines this week after systems were breached by computer hackers. And we are told similar attacks were launched in recent months on both M&S and the Co-op.
“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.”
He didn’t provide additional details about the breach, so it remains unclear how the cyber criminals gained access to the system or whether he managed to recover the stolen funds.
