Jeremy Clarkson has paid tribute to his farm manager, Kaleb Cooper, after the Clarkson’s Farm star shared a cryptic post.
Cooper, 26, has helped tend to the Diddly Squat Farm in the Cotswolds for years and was recently promoted to manager, as shown in the Prime series, Clarkson’s Farm.
The Chipping Norton resident, who has previously revealed his desire to buy and run his own farm, shared a mysterious post about the “future” on Instagram.
Days later, Clarkson, 64, praised his co-star “entrepreneurial” spirit in his The Sunday Times column.
“He has an entrepreneurial mind that would put John Rockefeller to shame, and he knows more about cows than cows do. I’d go further,” the former Top Gear host wrote.
“He knows more about wheat than Isaac Newton knew about gravity, which means that in his field, he is as clever as Phil Foden is on a football pitch.”
“But because he doesn’t read newspapers or books, he doesn’t know about anything else,” he added jokingly.
Last week, Cooper raised eyebrows after sharing a photo of himself standing with his back to the camera on the farm at sunset.
“Crazy how times fly when your having fun… 2 years ago since I found out I was having a little girl. Can’t wait to see what the future holds,” he wrote alongside a winky face emoji.
Clarkson bought Diddly Squat farm in Chipping Norton in 2008 and took over the running of it in 2019, as documented in three series of Clarkson's Farm.
Last year, Cooper - who has been farming since he was 13 - revealed he has been unable to buy his own farm due to soaring prices.
"Everything’s through the roof. And I don’t want to move away from the place I love most,” he told The Telegraph in April.
Cooper said it was “frustrating” to have been priced out of buying in his hometown but he is still determined to pursue his dream.
He went on: "That’s why I’m so busy doing everything possible to get to that dream [of buying a farm]... I’m going to do it one day."
Meanwhile, last week, Clarkson came under for charging customers £200 for an extra, extra large pie at his farm shop.
He was called out for selling the “overpriced” made to order pie at his Diddly Squat Farm Shop, which is next to his pub, The Farmer’s Dog.
