Si King

Simon King is a chef, television, presenter, speaker, and now entrepreneur. Si comes from the North-East of England and together with his friend and colleague from Cumbria, the late Dave Myers they worked in TV together before coming together to form The Hairy Bikers.

Si worked as a first assistant director and locations manager for film and television productions including the Harry Potter productions, whilst Dave worked for the BBC as a make-up artist, specialising in prosthetics. The pair had met on the set of a Catherine Cookson television drama. They soon realised their shared appreciation for both motorbikes and food…and so The Hairy Bikers brand was born.

Their first series television The Hairy Bikers’ Cookbook aired on BBC2. It proved popular enough for a second series and a third series, The Hairy Bikers Ride Again. Their four-part series The Hairy Bakers won audiences of over four million viewers rising to five million for the hour-long Hairy Bakers Christmas Special. Success lead to the giant thirty part series entitled The Hairy Bikers’ Food Tour of Britain followed by The Hairy Bikers’ Twelve Days of Christmas and two prime-time series of Mums Know Best, all for BBC2.

The hard working duo continued with The Hairy Bikers’ Cook Off, an eight part series that mixed cooking with celebrity chat. They went on to produce Meals on Wheels, Bakeation, Mississipi Adventure and The Hairy Dieters. They took the Larger than Live show – a combination of cooking, special guests, dancing, singing and stand-up –  on a 48 date tour of the UK.  And thanks to audience demand they then added a further 38 dates.

Si and Dave continued to work together during Dave Myers’ recent illness.

Si King is now working on his first permanent restaurant – due to open in the new Sheepfolds stables development in the City of Sunderland. Together with developers of Sheepfolds Stables Si King is planning to open ‘PROPA! – his take on a comfort food take-away with a culinary twist.