TV chef Si King has reflected on the future of his career in TV and said: “There is no Hairy Bikers without Dave (Myers).” Myers, who was one half of the motorcycle-riding cooking duo with co-presenter King, died in February at the age of 66 after suffering from cancer. In an interview with journalist and food critic Jay Rayner for The Observer, King said he has started to “think about what I want to do” following Myers’ death.
Reflecting on his loss, he said: “There’s obviously the sense of losing your best mate. “But there’s also a sense of loss in that the experiences we had together can’t go on.” He continued: “What was wonderful about my mate Dave was that he absolutely embraced the moment.
“He used to drive me mad. I’d tell him to say something negative for a bit, but he just loved being a Hairy Biker.” The duo met in 1995 on the set of a TV drama, and they went on to build a friendship and successful career together.
Across their career they published more than 20 cookbooks together and presented shows including The Hairy Bikers Ride Again; The Hairy Bikers’ Food Tour Of Britain; The Hairy Bikers: Mums Know Best; and The Hairy Bikers’ Cook Off. “It was the Observer who gave us our first serious piece of coverage,” King said. “The Observer really launched the Hairy Bikers.
And it will end with them, too.” TV chef Myers announced he was undergoing chemotherapy in May 2022 but he did not specify what type of cancer he had. Speakin.
