Jeremy Clarkson's Diddly Squat Restaurant is closed until further notice.
Jeremy Clarkson's Diddly Squat Restaurant was opened at Diddly Squat Farm in Oxfordshire - the farm that is the centre of his Amazon Prime show, Clarkson's Farm. After initally having his planning permission rejected, Clarkson found a way to open up Diddly Squat Restaurant, which had room for 40 diners al fresco, with only four seats available inside. 'Small, mostly outdoors and very rustic' is how the restaurant described itself, with Clarkson suggesting that ordering a beer and going to the bathroom are not as easy at Diddly Squat as they are at your local pub. 'We’ve done our best to keep you warm and dry, but this is England,' he writes in his own description of the restaurant.
Food-wise, the food was overseen by former Hicce head chef Pip Lacey, and the food - for the brief period it was served - was very well received by guests. With no set menu and diners being served whatever is available on the day, Lacey was free to craft a menu out of whatever was available on the farm (Diddly Squat Restaurant exclusively used produce from the farm).
Diners were offered the best possible produce available on the day, and the restaurant did not accept walk-ins, causing huge competition for bookings and mass queues of guests waiting to be seated. Guests paid £49 a head to experience Clarkson's vision of rural dining, whilst parties of four who wanted to book the inside VIP table paid a little bit extra at £69 a head.
The nature of the meal meant that not all diners received the same thing - the table was served snacks, starters, a beef roast dinner and a pudding, but diners didn't get a choice over what cut of beef they received, as the restaurant stuck staunchly to its sustainable credentials.