Jimmy Doherty Biography
Jimmy Doherty is a farmer and television personality from England. Doherty, a boyhood friend of Jamie Oliver, is most known for his show Jimmy’s Farm, which chronicles the running of the Essex Pig Company, which he and his wife Michaela Furney own in Suffolk.
How old is Jimmy Doherty? – Age
He is 48 years old as of 24 May 2023. He was born in 1975 in Ilford, United Kingdom.
Jimmy Doherty Family – Education
Jamie Oliver’s boyhood pal, he attended Clavering Primary School and subsequently Newport Free Grammar School. Doherty founded a magazine called ‘The Natural Choice’ while attending Newport Grammar School, which sparked his interest in nature and animals. He graduated from the University of East London with a degree in animal biology and pursued a PhD in entomology at Coventry University’s zoology department.
Jimmy Doherty Wife – Children
Jimmy married Michaela Furney on August 22, 2009. Pannington Hall, their farm in Wherstead, Suffolk, hosted the reception. They have four daughters, all of which were born between 2010 and 2018.
Jimmy Doherty Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $2.5 Million.
Jimmy Doherty BBC2
People were anxious to see the farm’s local domestic animals and purchase fresh fruit, so Doherty and Furney opened the farm’s doors in 2002. The farm’s entrance sign read ‘Jimmy’s Farm,’ and when BBC Two followed up with a series of fly-on-the-wall documentaries, the name stuck.
Doherty hosted a BBC2 series called Jimmy Doherty’s Farming Heroes from July to August 2008, which was followed by several additional series and single documentaries for the BBC. Notably, Jimmy’s Food Factory, in which he showcased industrial procedures used in the manufacture of processed foods, aired on BBC One for two seasons.
When Jay Hunt, the Controller of BBC One at the time, departed to become Chief Creative Officer at Channel 4, she signed Doherty up to show exclusively for Channel 4. Doherty’s most recent BBC series, A Farmer’s Life for Me, aired in February and March 2011. Every Saturday from June 18, 2011, Jimmy’s Food Factory has aired as ProSieben BBC Spezial – Jimmy’s Food Factory on German television channel ProSieben.
Jimmy Doherty Career
Doherty served in the Royal Corps of Signals for five years. In the episodes “Painting Party” in 2002 and “Flash in the Pan” in 2003, he featured as a buddy and guest on Oliver’s Twist. He then trained as a pig farmer, when he met runner Furney in 2002 while filming Jamie’s Kitchen for Channel 4 at his Cumbrian farm.
Doherty and Furney established The Essex Pig Company utilizing free range meat production principles after returning to Essex to manage his own farm. Doherty got the money to start the farm from the revenues of his first book, On The Farm, which was a record of his agricultural adventures.
The Essex Pig Company, with its headquarters in Ipswich, Suffolk, raised a number of rare breeds, including the endangered Essex, middle Whites, Berkshire, Gloucestershire Old Spots, and Norfolk Horn sheep, among others. The Independent listed Jimmy’s Farm’s “Cambridge Sausage” among the top ten UK sausages in 2011. The hotdog contains 93% pork from the ranch and the recipe traces all the way back to 1917.
In December 2012, Jimmy and Jamie Oliver introduced the Channel 4 series Jamie and Jimmy’s Food Battle Club. Doherty and Jamie Oliver have co-hosted the primetime Channel 4 series Jamie & Jimmy’s Friday Night Feast since 2014.
Doherty and the team established areas on the farm where nature can flourish and ensured that conservation was at the forefront of their decisions. Doherty has a passion for non-native species in addition to a flair for farming. With the support of a great team, he applied for zoo status for the farm to assist endangered species further afield. Jimmy’s Farm & Wildlife Park was established on October 5, 2016, when the local authority granted the farm its zoo license. Reindeer, tapirs, and meerkats were the first three exotic species that they were able to accept.
In 2016, Jimmy became the Rare Breeds Survival Trust’s youngest President, a charity that was closely associated with his work and interests. In 2019 he turned into a supporter of the English Beekeepers Affiliation. Additionally, he serves as the British Hen Welfare Trust’s patron.
The British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA), which represents the best zoos and aquariums in Britain and Ireland that take pride in their excellent animal welfare, education, and conservation work, granted Jimmy’s Farm & Wildlife Park accreditation in May 2019. Jimmy’s Farm & Wildlife Park became the first establishment to receive the Rare Breeds Approved Associate designation from the Rare Breed Survival Trust in July 2021. This has been granted in acknowledgment of the ranch’s greatness in training about the significance of England’s imperiled local animals and equine varieties and its work to monitor their special hereditary qualities.