Jeremy Clarkson 'demanded gravy, cigarettes and Monopoly be delivered to him by helicopter during New Zealand island stay'

By Kate Thomas for MailOnline

Published: 10:07 EST, 7 December 2015 | Updated: 10:21 EST, 7 December 2015

He lost his job on Top Gear in March after a fracas with a producer over a steak dinner.

And Jeremy Clarkson reportedly racked up several unusual demands before his exit from the BBC show, allegedly asking for a packet of gravy mix, cigarettes and a Monopoly game set to be delivered to him by helicopter while staying on Waiheke Island in New Zealand during filming.

The 55-year-old presenter is claimed to have told Ed Coutts, who owns celeb-favourite luxury accommodation Waiheke Unlimited, that it was too far to the shops.

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So showbiz: Jeremy Clarkson reportedly asked for personal items including cigarettes and a Monopoly set to be delivered to him by helicopter while staying on Waiheke Island in New Zealand

So showbiz: Jeremy Clarkson reportedly asked for personal items including cigarettes and a Monopoly set to be delivered to him by helicopter while staying on Waiheke Island in New Zealand

Coutts told the New Zealand Herald: 'The cost was outrageous and the show's promoters were complaining they were going broke.'

During another stay at the hotel, Clarkson reportedly demanded a black-on-black Range Rover Sport with no mileage to be delivered to him.

'Then it sat there and it never got used. I asked him [Clarkson] what was the point and he said, 'I just wanted to look at it', Coutts said.

Only the best: The star also allegedly asked Waiheke Unlimited boss Ed Coutts, who is used to dealing with unusual celebrity demands, for a black-on-black Range Rover Sport just so he could look at it 

Only the best: The star also allegedly asked Waiheke Unlimited boss Ed Coutts, who is used to dealing with unusual celebrity demands, for a black-on-black Range Rover Sport just so he could look at it 

MailOnline has contacted Clarkson's representative for comment.

Jeremy and his loyal co-hosts James May and Richard Hammond have been busy since filming for their new Amazon Prime motoring show kicked off last month.

The former Top Gear trio were seen driving around the streets of London in Reliant Robins as they got to work on the as yet untitled new series, which will debut next May.

The new motoring series is said to have a budget of £4million an episode - ten times that of BBC's Top Gear.

Meanwhile, the long-running show is due to relaunch on Sunday 8 May 2016 on BBC Two, now headed up by radio host Chris Evans.

There will be 16 episodes when the new incarnation of Top Gear is broadcast, but the identity of Evans' co-hosts is still being kept under wraps.

Picking up speed: Clarkson and his co-hosts James May and Richard Hammond have been busy since filming for their new Amazon Prime motoring show kicked off last month

Picking up speed: Clarkson and his co-hosts James May and Richard Hammond have been busy since filming for their new Amazon Prime motoring show kicked off last month

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