JEREMY CLARKSON is swapping pigs for pints after becoming the latest celebrity to buy a pub. The TV star and Sun columnist, 64, revealed this week that he planned to “ban confusing pub signs” and use local produce at his new Cotswolds boozer, The Windmill in Burford. 13 Jeremy Clarkson's bid to become a pub landlord will be featured on the next series of Clarkson's Farm Credit: PA And we can exclusively reveal his efforts to overhaul the £1m building will feature on the next series of his hit Prime Video show, Clarkson’s Farm.
Filming for series four is now under way and cameras are following the star as he renovates the barn venue, which is a stone’s throw from his Diddly Squat estate. Jeremy joins a growing number of high-profile pub owners, but how do they measure up? Here, Grace Macaskill and Felicity Cross take a look at seven other famous names and reveal their best and worst TripAdvisor reviews. Candice Brown 13 Bake Off's 2016 winner Candice Brown says running a pub has been a 'baptism by fire' Credit: Andrew Styczynski - The Sun The Green Man, Eversholt GREAT British Bake Off 2016 winner Candice said opening her pub was a “baptism of fire”.
She wasn’t blessed with much luck after taking on The Green Man in Eversholt, Beds, in 2019 with brother Ben. She dreamed of “getting to be Peggy Mitchell ”, but things started to go wrong during the pandemic. The 39-year-old watched as trade suffered during lockdown and split with husband Liam Macauley in 2020 .
