Dave Myers, best known as one half of the Hairy Bikers, has died at the age of 66. This brings an end to an extraordinary two-decade career where, alongside his TV partner, Si King, he helped to completely redefine what it meant to be a television chef.
Although he spent the first half of his professional life as a BBC makeup artist – he reputedly painted the white stripe across Adam Ant’s face for a Top of the Pops appearance – it wasn’t until he teamed up with King for the first series of The Hairy Bikers’ Cookbook in 2004 that he became truly well known.
