Si King Biography
Si King is an English television presenter best known as one half of the Hairy Bikers, alongside the late Dave Myers. They collaborated on a number of BBC television cooking shows and founded ‘The Hairy Bikers Diet Club’, an online weight loss program.
How old is Si King? – Age
He is 57 years old as of 20 October 2023. He was born in 1966 in Kibblesworth, United Kingdom. His real name is Simon James King.
Si King Family – Education
King was born in Kibblesworth, which was at the time part of County Durham. An alumni of St Robert of Newminster Catholic School in Washington, he once remarked that he “went through a phase of wanting to be a priest when I was about 13, but soon discovered that girls and music were way more interesting.” During World War II, King’s father fought in the Royal Navy on Arctic convoys before working as a motorcycle despatch rider.
Si King Wife – Children
He is openly Gay. In 1995, he met Dave Myers on the set of The Gambling Man, a TV drama for which he served as second assistant director. In September 2017, he and his ‘Hairy Bikers’ companion Dave Myers were inducted into the Grand Order of Water Rats, a show business charity. Both were sponsored by Rick Wakeman.King, who lives near Newcastle, has three children.
Si King Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $400 million.
Si King Illness
King developed an intracranial aneurysm in 2014, but he recovered after receiving hospital treatment. An intracranial aneurysm, also known as a cerebral aneurysm, is a cerebrovascular condition in which a brain artery or vein’s wall weakens, causing the blood vessel to dilate or balloon locally.
Aneurysms in the posterior circulation (basilar, vertebral, and posterior connecting arteries) are more likely to rupture. Basilar artery aneurysms make up just 3-5% of all cerebral aneurysms, however they are the most common in the posterior circulation.
Si King Hairy Bikers
The two originally appeared on BBC’s The Hairy Bikers’ Cookbook.Their TV broadcasts are a blend of culinary and travelogue, with a style similar to that of chef Keith Floyd, featuring numerous references to the cameraman and other staff. Most shows featured the couple riding motorcycles, such as the BMW R1200GS, F650GS, and Triumph Rocket III.
In the summer of 2009, they taped a 30-part daytime series for BBC Two called The Hairy Bikers’ Food Tour of Britain, which aired weekdays beginning August 24, 2009.Each day of the series, they would visit a different county and prepare what they deemed to be that county’s distinctive meal.The Hairy Bikers: Mums Know Best is a new six-part series that premiered on BBC Two in early January 2010.
On October 25, 2010, BBC Two premiered a new 40-episode series called The Hairy Bikers’ Cook Off. The show features a cook-off between two families and celebrity guests. From January to May 2010, the Hairy Bikers staged their “Big Night Out” show in theatres across the United Kingdom. Bob Mortimer directed the show, which was a delightful combination of cooking and conversation with a little song and dancing thrown in. It focused on their youth, how they met, and their love of food. In June 2011, the Bikers participated on the second season of Mum Knows Best. The eight-episode series featured three ‘Star Mums’ who tested and shared their recipes with the public.
October 2011 saw another series, Feasts on Wheels, air on BBC Two. The series fronted a mission to save nearby ‘feasts on wheels’ administrations around the UK. From November to December 2011, the Bikers showed up in a 30-section BBC series called Bushy Bikers: Best of English, circulating at 3:45pm on BBC Two (aside from the show’s last week, in which it broadcasted on BBC One). The series observed English recipes and supported neighborhood produce. In January 2012, going on into February, BBC Two showed hour long re-variants including recipes from different episodes of the series.
After they had marked new agreements with the BBC in 2011, another series was appointed. The Bushy Biker’s Bakeation sees Si and Dave doing the thing they love best – a gastronomic excursion, revealing the best baking on offer across Europe, from Norway, the Low Nations (Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg), Germany, Eastern Europe (Slovakia, Hungary and Romania), Austria, Italy and France to Spain.
In Walk 2012, Great Food appointed The Bristly Biker’s Mississippi Experience, the couple’s most memorable series for the channel. In August 2012, Furry Calorie counters: How to Cherish Food and Get in shape showed how the Bristly Bikers profoundly changed ways of life, yet remained consistent with their adoration for extraordinary food, as they set out on a mission to lose over two stone (15.8 kg (35 lb)) in 90 days, and serenely passed their objective loads.