Kaleb Cooper revealed about his first meeting with Jeremy Clarkson: “It was a little strange.”
CLARKSON’S FARM has produced a number of small-screen stars since it launched on Amazon Prime Video, one of which is farm manager, Kaleb Cooper. How did Kaleb come to meet Jeremy Clarkson?
Clarkson’s Farm is a popular series on Amazon Prime Video and it follows presenter and journalist Jeremy Clarkson as he tries his hand at farming. The Grand Tour star purchased his 1000-acre farm in Chipping Norton back in 2008, and the farm is managed by Kaleb Cooper. Kaleb has since opened up about how he met Clarkson.
How did Kaleb Cooper meet Jeremy Clarkson?
Kaleb Cooper has become a household name since Clarkson’s Farm started airing, and the young farming contractor is now busier than ever.
Kaleb worked for the farm’s previous manager until he retired and Clarkson made the decision to oversee the running of the land himself.
Clarkson was in talks with Kaleb, who agreed to continue working on the farm in a managerial position, and the pair hit it off instantly.
Kaleb is known for his sharp tongue when it comes to putting Clarkson in his place, and he is not afraid to tell him when he has messed up.
Fans have fallen in love with the young farming contractor, and he has since spoken out about his first encounter with the former Top Gear star.
Speaking to David Prever on his Breakfast Club radio show, he said: “Jeremy bought the farm in 2008 and I worked for the chap who contract farmed it.
“I worked there for three years before the chap I worked for said ‘I’m retiring’ and I said don’t worry, I’ll set my own business up in the meantime and I’ll be fine.
“By that point Jeremy came up and said ‘I still need someone to farm the farm, would you be interested? You know every name of the field, every acreage of the field.
“‘You’re the perfect person to keep farming it’ and I said ‘absolutely I’d love to farm your farm’, but instead of having the top man there I was the top man.”
He described the moment he was told a series was being made, and he would be one of the main stars.