Jeremy Clarkson blasts UK school dinners as kids fed China chicken

The presenter is well known for hosting motoring TV shows Top Gear and The Grand Tour, working alongside Richard Hammond and James May.

In recent years, Mr Clarkson has reached new audiences with his successful Prime Video documentary, Clarkson’s Farm.

With four successful series under its belt, a fifth wrapped filming last September and is set to be released later this year.

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The show focuses on both his Diddly Squat Farm in Chadlington as well as his Cotswolds pub, The Farmer’s Dog, in Asthall near Burford.

Mr Clarkson’s watering hole opened in August 2024 and is famed for having a British produce-only rule when it comes to the food and drink served on site.

It is this outlook which has led to the 65-year-old’s new criticism of UK school dinners, slamming the fact that meat has been imported from China.

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Writing in his latest column for The Sunday Times, the TV star reacted to chicken being served from Asia in Welsh schools.

“How is it possible to ship a chicken all the way from Chiang Mai to Bridgend, and for it to arrive with a lower price tag than a chicken reared in some vowel-less village two miles down the road?”

Mr Clarkson encouraged people to pay attention to the Red Tractor symbol when buying food, saying it shows the ingredients come from British farms and meet strict rules on safety and responsible production.

“The government won’t do anything to stop the import of food from farms that are riddled with disease and animal cruelty, but checking for that little tractor when you’re out shopping means that you can,” he added.