The Hairy Bikers are Coming

Friday, 27 January 2006

The Hairy Bikers hit our screens
Long time friends Simon King and Dave Myers aren’t the most obvious choice for television chefs. However the pair of northern bikers – who class themselves as “foodies” not cooks – are set to capture the imagination of food lovers everywhere with The Hairy Bikers Cookbook.

The Hairy Bikers are Coming

Riding motorcycles to far-flung places; an obsession with adventure and food; and their laugh-out loud capacity for fun is the beguiling recipe that has persuaded television bosses to turn their adventures into a prime time TV series.
Calling themselves the ‘Hairy Bikers’, Dave and Simon journey to fascinating locations, meet the indigenous population and learn to cook the regional delicacies (or otherwise) that are inextricably linked to the cultures and lifestyles they discover and often embrace.

Naturally, the opportunity to combine their two major passions – bikes and food – was hard to resist, as Dave explains: “We were mates and loved getting on our bikes and journeying to discover great food and the stories behind it, but work kept getting in the way. We thought it would be a great life if we could just ride bikes, cook food and get paid to talk about it. And now here we are – it’s a dream come true.”
. A book containing all the recipes cooked by the Hairy Bikers will be published by Penguin in mid-April, and a DVD of both series is also planned for release later in the year.
For comprehensive information on the series, please visit the http://www.hairybikers.com/ website.