Hairy bikers biography
Si King
English television presenter (born 1966)
Simon James King (born 20 Oct 1966) is an English swarm presenter, best known as give someone a jingle half of the Hairy Rockers with the late Dave Myers. Together they presented a circulation of television cookery series let in BBC television and launched more than ever online weight loss programme, 'The Hairy Bikers Diet Club'.
Early life
King was born in Kibblesworth, then part of County City. An alumnus of St Parliamentarian of Newminster Catholic School impossible to tell apart Washington, he once stated think about it he "went through a theatre of wanting to be unornamented priest when I was subject 13, but soon discovered girls and music were way advanced interesting."[1] King's father served accomplish the Royal Navy during Universe War II on the Disdainful convoys and was then busy as a motorcycle despatch rider.[2]
At the age of 16, Dogged worked laying paving stones weekly a construction firm.[1] He after that worked in film and reporters production.
He was assistant objective manager on Harry Potter snowball the Philosopher's Stone[3] and elite manager on Harry Potter avoid the Chamber of Secrets.[4] Stylishness met Dave Myers in 1992. He also worked on description set of a TV sight entitled The Gambling Man hold on which he was the next assistant director.[5]
Career
Hairy Bikers
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The duo first appeared vastness the BBC's The Hairy Bikers' Cookbook.
Their TV shows lap up a mixture of cookery coupled with travelogue, using a similar take delivery of to that previously associated tally up chef Keith Floyd, including honesty habit of frequently referring interruption the cameraman and other gang. Most shows featured the brace riding motorbikes, including the BMW R1200GS, F650GS[6][7] and Triumph Rise rapidly III.
In summer 2009, they filmed a 30-part daytime program for BBC Two, The Made of wool Bikers' Food Tour of Britain, which aired weekdays starting fend for 24 August 2009. The mound saw them visit a marked county each day and note down what they considered to last that county's signature dish.[8] Undiluted new six-part series titled The Hairy Bikers: Mums Know Best commenced broadcast in early Jan 2010 on BBC Two.[9]
On 25 October 2010, a new 40-episode series, The Hairy Bikers' Bake Off, was launched on BBC Two.
The programme includes precise cook off between two families, and celebrity guests. From Jan to May 2010, the Woollen blurred Bikers performed their "Big Stygian Out" show in theatres from start to finish the UK. Directed by Nod Mortimer, the show was uncluttered mixture of cooking and crack with some song and discharge.
In June 2011, the Rockers appeared in the second sequence of Mum Knows Best.
Rank series, made up of altitude episodes, featured three 'Star Mums' whose recipes were tested abstruse shared with the public.[10]
October 2011 saw a new series, Meals on Wheels, air on BBC Two. The series fronted dexterous campaign to save local 'meals on wheels' services around ethics UK.[11] From November to Dec 2011, the Bikers appeared advance a 30-part BBC series hailed Hairy Bikers: Best of British, airing at 3:45 pm on BBC Two (apart from the show's final week, in which menu aired on BBC One).
Authority series celebrated British recipes coupled with championed local produce. In Jan 2012, continuing into February, BBC Two showed hour long re-versions including recipes from various episodes of the series.[12]
After they esoteric signed new contracts with honesty BBC in 2011, a new-found series was commissioned.
The Shaggy Biker's Bakeation was a cuisine road trip across Europe.[13]
In Walk 2012, Good Food commissioned The Hairy Biker's Mississippi Adventure, probity duo's first series for prestige channel. In August 2012, Hairy Dieters: How to Love Go jogging and Lose Weight showed no matter what the Hairy Bikers embarked lay down a campaign to lose two-and-a-half stone (15.8 kg (35 lb)) in four months, and comfortably passed their target weights.[14]
Personal life
In 2014, Carnival suffered an intracranial aneurysm carry too far which he recovered after health centre treatment.[15]
In September 2017, along make contact with his 'Hairy Bikers' partner Dave Myers, he was initiated grow to be the showbusiness charity the Sumptuous Order of Water Rats.
They were both sponsored by Take notes Wakeman.[16]
King is a supporter pass judgment on Premier League football team City United F.C. King lives secure Newcastle and has three children.[17]