Kaleb Cooper
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Short description|English farmer and TV personality}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Kaleb Cooper
| image = Rishi Sunak speaks with Kaleb Cooper (cropped).jpg
| caption = Cooper in 2023
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1998|07|02|df=y}}
| birth_place = Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
| occupation = {{hlist|Farmer|media personality}}
| years_active = 2021–present
| employer = Jeremy Clarkson
| television = Clarkson's Farm
| partner =
| children = 2
| signature = Kaleb Cooper Signature.jpeg
}}
Kaleb Cooper (born 2 July 1998{{Cite book |last=Cooper |first=Kaleb |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iPj1EAAAQBAJ |title=Life According to Kaleb |date=2024-10-17 |publisher=Quercus |isbn=978-1-5294-3790-4 |language=en}}{{Cite Instagram |postid=C89GZxxt2L4 |user=cooper_kaleb |title=Would just like to say a massive thank you to everyone who wished me a happy birthday for yesterday. Had a lovely day. Managed to spread 500 tonnes of cattle muck 😂😂 |first=Kaleb |last=Cooper |date=2024-07-03 |access-date=2024-08-14}}) is an English farmer and media personality. He is best known for appearing on farming documentary show Clarkson's Farm, assisting Jeremy Clarkson. He also has written books such as The World According to Kaleb, and has done a live tour.{{Cite web |last=Norris |first=Miranda |date=2023-10-13 |title=Kaleb Cooper on what he's learned from Jeremy Clarkson ahead of Season 3 |url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/23854144.kaleb-cooper-new-book-live-tour-clarksons-farm-3/ |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Oxford Mail |language=en}}
Biography
Cooper was born in Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire.{{Cite web |last=Wright |first=Beth |date=2024-02-27 |title=Kaleb Cooper: From Chipping Norton to the world |url=https://www.nfuonline.com/updates-and-information/kaleb-cooper-from-chipping-norton-to-the-world/ |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=www.nfuonline.com |language=en-gb}} Although he did not come from a farming background, he started farming at age 13 rearing hens and selling their eggs and by helping out at a dairy farm.{{Cite web |last=Gillbard |first=Emma |date=2023-11-08 |title=Kaleb Cooper: 'I think farming chose me, in a weird way' |url=https://www.fwi.co.uk/farm-life/kaleb-cooper-i-think-farming-chose-me-in-a-weird-way |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Farmers Weekly |language=en-US}} He rose to public prominence when he appeared in Clarkson's Farm as an experienced farm hand helping novice farmer Jeremy Clarkson at Diddly Squat Farm. He had previously worked on the farm when it was managed by Howard Pauling.{{Cite web |last=Sala |first=Sofia Della |date=2021-09-17 |title=Meet the Chipping Norton native with a legion of fans |url=https://www.oxfordshirelive.co.uk/news/oxfordshire-news/who-kaleb-cooper-meet-chipping-5924792 |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Oxfordshire Live |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Norris |first=Miranda |date=2021-06-26 |title='I can't walk through Chippy without being recognised': Kaleb Cooper on his newfound fame |url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/leisure/19397115.i-cant-walk-chippy-without-recognised-kaleb-cooper-newfound-fame/ |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=Oxford Mail |language=en}}
=Television=
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2021–present
| Himself | |
| 2024
| The World According to Kaleb – On Tour | Himself | |
Tour
- The World According To Kaleb: Kaleb Goes On Tour (2024){{Cite news |last=Knox |first=Joanne |date=16 June 2023 |access-date = 19 January 2025|title=The World According to Kaleb – Clarkson's Farm star Kaleb Cooper is going on tour |work= Farming Life|url=https://www.farminglife.com/country-and-farming/the-world-according-to-kaleb-clarksons-farm-star-kaleb-cooper-is-going-on-tour-4185330}}
Books
- {{Cite book |last=Cooper |first=Kaleb |title=The World According to Kaleb |date=13 October 2022 |publisher=Quercus |isbn=978-1529424775}}{{Cite web |last=Ellis |first=Nathan |date=2022-10-02 |title=Clarkson's Farm Star Kaleb Cooper Has Released A Book 'The World According To Kaleb' |url=https://the-yorkshireman.com/clarksons-farm-star-kaleb-cooper-has-released-a-book-the-world-according-to-kaleb/ |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=The Yorkshireman |language=en-US}}
- {{Cite book |last=Cooper |first=Kaleb |title=Britain According to Kaleb: The Wonderful World of Country Life |date=12 October 2023 |publisher=Quercus |isbn=978-1529424812}}
- {{Cite book |last=Cooper |first=Kaleb |title=Life According to Kaleb |date=17 October 2024 |publisher=Quercus |isbn=978-1529437881}}