Hairy Bikers’ star Dave Myers has been pictured in public for the first time since revealing he has cancer.
The 64-year-old celebrity chef was seen grabbing dinner with his sidekick Si King on Tuesday night.
Although he is currently undergoing treatment, Dave smiled and waved for the cameras as he stepped out in London’s Fitzrovia.
He recently announced he was taking some time off work while he has chemotherapy.
The now bald TV star joked he should be called “baldy biker for a while”.
Back in May, he updated fans on his health and thanked them for their support during this time.
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Quipping his wife now thinks he looks like The Devil Wears Prada actor Stanley Tucci, he said: “Thank you to everyone who has sent a goodwill message to me.
“I appreciate your thoughts. I’ll get there. As you can see, I’ve embraced the baldness.”
His video message for the Hairy Bikers Agony Uncles series continued: “I looked at my wife and she said, 'You look like Stanley Tucci who's been sleeping behind the library for a month’.
"As a great fan of Stanley Tucci, I've embraced that. I quite like it really. I've got the beard. Nice, fresh for the summer.”
Dave hasn’t revealed what kind of cancer he has but has vowed to beat the disease, which now affects one in two people.
Speaking on the Hairy Bikers podcast he said: “Anyway Kingy, I've got to come clean now, I haven't been too well recently.
“And basically, I've got to have some chemo, you know all this anyway.
“So this year is going to be a bit quiet for me, I'm not going to be filming, some of the festivals I'm not going to be able to go to, some may be okay but this year's a bit of a write off for us."
The TV star said at the moment his prognosis is OK - and reassured fans he should be fine post-treatment.
He shared: "I have had to speak up about this because I don't want to hide under a rock.
“But I would love it if people respected my privacy and just let me get on with it and give Si and our team all the support they need, that would be great.
"But look, the prognosis is okay, I'm going to be fine."
Dave added: "I've just got to tuck in, look after myself, eat sensibly and get over this mess, flog books, and be a happy person so within that, that's where I am.”
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