Former Top Gear host, James May, has pipped his on-screen colleague and close pal, Jeremy Clarkson, in pub hygiene ratings.
Two out of the nation’s favourite car show trio both joined the pub industry after TV.
May was the first to venture into the life of a publican when he bought a 50% share in The Royal Oak in Swallowcliffe.
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The 61-year-old purchased the venue back in 2020, but his former co-host only recently got involved.
Clarkson, 64, opened The Farmer’s Dog, aptly named after his new agricultural venture, in Burford, Oxfordshire in August this year.
Alongside Richard Hammond, the duo spent 22 years throwing digs at one another while battling it out for first place in the car-themed challenges they took on.
Now May and Clarkson have entered into fresh competition in the form of hygiene bragging rights.
Despite the popularity of The Farmer’s Dog, it is the experienced head of May’s Royal Oak who has come out on top in the boozer’s hygiene ratings battle.
The Food Standards agency ranked May’s pub a stellar five out of five, with Clarkson’s got a lesser, though admirable, four out of five, as reported by What’s The Jam.
The agency stated Clarkson’s pub was of a good standard with the hygienic food handling receiving a ‘generally satisfactory’ rating.
James May’s pub was listed as having a very good standard.
Hygienic food handling, cleanliness and condition of facilities, and building and management of food safety were all branded ‘good’ by the FSA.
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