The nation's favourite cooking duo, and beloved food enthusiasts, the Hairy Bikers. With their unique blend of tasty recipes, cheeky humour and irresistible enthusiasm, the Hairy Bikers have become Britain's favourite food heroes. Born and bred in Barrow-in-Furness, Dave Myers' versatile skills have taken him to some unusual places. He worked in a steelworks as a student, to finance his studies in Fine Arts, and later joined the BBC as a make-up artist, specialising in prosthetics. Si King hails from North East England and is a big, blond bearded biker with an infectious laugh. He worked for many years as an Assistant Director and Locations Manager for film and television, including the Harry Potter films. Si and Dave met on the set of a TV drama in 1995 and have been cooking and riding together ever since. They have now written 19 cookbooks, including The Hairy Bikers' Mediterranean Adventure, Chicken & Egg, Mums Know Best, The Hairy Bikers' Big Book of Baking, Meat Feasts and 12 Days of Christmas. In 2012, the boys shed more than six stone between them on the TV show The Hairy Dieters: How to Love Food and Lose Weight and launched a publishing phenomenon. They have also published an acclaimed autobiography, Blood, Sweat & Tyres. Selling in excess of 5.7 million copies of their books, Si and Dave continue to entertain and inspire with their innovative publishing and heartwarming TV shows. www.hairybikers.com https://www.facebook.com/HairyBikers https://twitter.com/HairyBikers
SI King and Dave Myers, aka TV's culinary double-act The Hairy Bikers, are a refreshing alternative to today's earnest food bloggers. Their blend of cheeky humour and no-nonsense great cooking has won them millions of fans. Their latest book, The Hairy Dieters Go Veggie, takes the sacrificial out of slimming, showing that you can lose weight with food you enjoy. You'd think the Sunday-roast-loving authors would be unlikely candidates to go veggie; you'll be surprised. In their quest for better health, they are eating less meat. So they bring us recipes where 'vegetables, pulses and other plant foods are the star of the show'. -- Juanita Coulson * THE LADY * Non-meat eaters will be delighted to know that loveable duo The Hairy Bikers have added a vegetarian title to their Hairy Dieters cookbook series. Within its pages are 80 incredibly versatile recipes, including Vegetarian Lancashire Hotpot, Proper Chilli and MushroomBourguignon. This is bound to be a bestseller. * CHOICE * You may have noticed the Si King and Dave Myers are half the men they used to be. If you need to trim a few inches, or just get your five-a-day, check out their brand new Hairy Dieters Go Veggie cookbook. It features 80 healthy recipes for those that aren't into quinoa and kale (think Lancashire hotpot and veggie sausies). * THE SCOTSMAN * The much-loved British food heroes, The Hairy Bikers, return with yet another dieting book, this time packed full of simple but tasty vegetarian meals which prove that incorporating more plant-based dishes into your diet needn't be difficult or bland. You'll fall in love with their cheeky, down-to-earth humour and their healthier takes on popular British classics such as Lancanshire hot pot, pasties and toad in the hole. Meanwhile, those with more exotic palates are bound to enjoy the Latin American shepherd's pie or paneer and pea curry. * THE INDEPENDENT * Famous for their love of meat, motorbikes and 'man food', the Hairy Bikers are unlikely advocates of a vegetarian lifestyle. But, having shed more than six stone between them by concocting quick and easy dishes that were also low in calories, the pair have now cooked up a book of meat-free recipes. For the fifth volume of their multi-million-selling Hairy Dieters series, Si King and Dave Myers hope to show that going vegetarian can be just as easy as going low-cal, and needn't mean missing out on the foods you love. * MAIL ON SUNDAY *