Kaleb Cooper issues desperate plea after fire rips through Clarkson's Farm star's barn: 'Bad day'

Olivia Gantzer
Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:36:25 +0000

Kaleb Cooper has revealed that a fire tore through his barn earlier today, destroying his entire straw supply.

The 27-year-old Clarkson's Farm star shared the news with his followers on Instagram Stories, posting an image showing smoke still pouring from the agricultural building.

"I'm having a bad day," he wrote, before appealing to his fans for assistance, adding: "Anyone got any straw? Lost all mine."

The farm manager, who works alongside Jeremy Clarkson on the hit Amazon Prime Video series, seemed to be injecting some humour into the difficult situation despite the significant loss.

Mr Cooper has not provided any further details about the extent of the damage or what else may have been affected by the blaze.

The farmer first came to public attention in 2021 when he appeared as Jeremy Clarkson's right-hand man on the Amazon Prime Video farming documentary series.

The programme follows the former Top Gear presenter, 66, as he attempts to manage Diddly Squat Farm near Chipping Norton in the Cotswolds.

Since then, the young farmer has become a global celebrity in his own right, with international fans travelling considerable distances to see him perform live.

"It was crazy that at some of the shows there were people who'd come from Australia or New Zealand," he told the Daily Star in December 2024, reflecting on his The World According To Kaleb theatre tour.

Mr Cooper has consistently used his platform to champion British agriculture and highlight the realities of modern farming life.

He has spoken openly about his ambition to purchase his own agricultural land one day, though he acknowledges the financial challenges involved.

"I'm saving everything, but because it's the Cotswolds, the prices are going through the f***ing roof," he has previously admitted.

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The television personality has outlined his dream farm setup, which would include 60 dairy cows, 200 beef cattle, 5,000 chickens and approximately 1,000 acres of arable land, complete with a farm shop and butcher.

He estimates he would need around £20 million to achieve these goals, even joking about launching an OnlyFans account to raise the funds.

Away from work, Mr Cooper is engaged to Taya, and the couple have three young children together: Oscar, aged three, two-year-old daughter Willa Grace and eight-month-old Ashton.

Fans of the farming series won't have long to wait for new content, with the fifth season of Clarkson's Farm set to premiere on June 3.

Prime Video will release the eight episodes in batches, with four arriving on launch day, two more on 10 June, and the final pair on June 17.

Mr Cooper will also star in his own spin-off programme, Kaleb: Down Under, which will see him experience Australian farming on a scale far beyond anything he has encountered in the Cotswolds.

Meanwhile, Mr Clarkson has warned viewers not to expect lighthearted entertainment from the upcoming series.

"We finished filming the fifth series of Clarkson's Farm this week," he wrote in The Sun. "The last 12 months have been a conveyor belt of misery."