Early Life
Kaleb Cooper was born on July 2, 1998, in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England. He began farming when he was 13 years old, raising hens and selling their eggs. Kaleb also helped out at a dairy farm. He considered dropping out of school because he was selling around 600 eggs a week and was making good money. Cooper told Farmers Weekly in 2023, “But the school kept fining me. It was costing about £200 a month to pay these fines so the school called me in for negotiations. They said: ‘Look Kaleb, you need to come into school – particularly for your GCSEs.’ So I did. Weirdly, for my GCSEs I chose drama, performing arts and art. I went back to school and was soon selling 18doz eggs to the teachers each week.” When he was 15, Cooper purchased his first tractor, and the following year, he launched a contracting business.
Career
On the show, Cooper helps with general tasks around the farm and advises Clarkson on how to use various farming equipment. In 2022, “Clarkson’s Farm” received a Broadcasting Press Guild Award nomination for Best Documentary Series. In 2022, Cooper published his first book, “The World According to Kaleb,” in which he “shares his worldly wisdom on life’s big issues, from the difference between straw and hay to the importance of having a hair perm.” Cooper followed it with “Britain According to Kaleb: The Wonderful World of Country Life” in 2023 and “It’s a Farming Thing” in 2024. Kaleb has also appeared on the television shows “The Big Fat Quiz of Everything” (2022), “The Steph Show” (2023), and “Good Morning Britain” (2024).
Personal Life
Cooper and his fiancée, Taya, became engaged in 2020. They have two children, Oscar (born March 2022) and Willa (born June 2023). In early 2025, Kaleb announced that he and Taya were expecting their third child.
Award Nominations
In 2024, Cooper earned a National Television Award (UK) nomination for Most Popular TV Expert for “Clarkson’s Farm.”
