The hit Amazon Prime series Clarkson’s Farm has garnered a huge following since it first aired in 2021
A star who featured on the hit series Clarkson’s Farm has experienced a disaster after failing to sell their country house. Rachel Hawkins, who helped Jeremy Clarkson get his Cotswolds pub, The Farmer’s Dog, up and running, is a hospitality entrepreneur and lives nearby. Clarkson’s Farm first landed on our screens in 2021 and has since garnered a huge popularity following, with a fifth season currently in production. Hosted by former Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson, the series follows the motor journalist and his adventures on Diddly Squat farm in Chadlington, Oxfordshire.
During season four, Jeremy renovated a run-down local pub, which he opened as The Farmer’s Dog, with the help of Rachel. Hawkins, who specialises in helping rundown pubs, was aiming to sell off her £2.8 million cosy country home as a raffle prize.
She bought the property in November 2015 for £750,000 and settled there with her long-term partner, Will Kennedy. The six-bedroom home, located in the heart of Stow-on-the-Wold, offered raffle entries for as little as £10 earlier this year.
It was also believed that the option to receive the equivalent of nearly £3 million in cash was available to those lucky enough to win, if the home was not their dream property.
The competition closed in June, and it was announced that the winner was a woman named Heather, who did not disclose her surname. She decided to pick the cash money prize over the country house.
Speaking about being chosen as the winner, Heather exclaimed on social media: “I’m gobsmacked. Is this real? Oh. My. God. I’m in so much shock. I’ve been subscribed since April, and you’ve got to be in it to win it. And I never thought I’d actually win anything.
“But you have to be in it! It’s definitely a life-changing amount for me and my family – I’m a mum, with my husband and two children. It’s a life-changing amount of money for us, thank you.”
She concluded, “I don’t want anyone we know to know we’ve won a significant amount of money—we aren’t in an affluent area, and it would make me feel awkward with my friends and family.”
Raffle House stated that because Heather chose to take the prize money and not the property, the house was ultimately retained by the owner, Rachel
