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Name: Hairy Bikers
Genre: Travel
Released: 2011-10-10
Cast: Si KingDave Myers

2011
1 Season
7.3 (64)

Hairy Bikers is a popular British cooking show hosted by Si King and Dave Myers, which aired for the first time in 2006. The two presenters are motorcycle enthusiasts with a passion for food, and they set out on a quest to explore and discover the history of Britain's culinary traditions.

Throughout the show, Si and Dave travel across the UK, visiting various regions and learning about the local cuisines and ingredients. They meet with farmers, butchers, and other food producers to understand the journey that food takes from the field to the table. They also learn about the history of different dishes and explore the cultural significance of food in different parts of the country.

The show's format combines both travelogue and cooking show elements. In each episode, the hosts ride their motorcycles to a different location, where they set up a makeshift kitchen and cook a delicious meal using the local ingredients they have gathered. The meals are often completed with a local signature dish, or a regional dessert. The cooking segments are interspersed with interesting stories and anecdotes about the history and culture of each location.

Hairy Bikers is a lighthearted, fun show that celebrates Britain's culinary heritage. Si and Dave's warm and friendly personalities make for an entertaining and engaging viewing experience. The duo's chemistry is evident on screen, and their infectious enthusiasm for food is contagious.

The show's popularity has endured, with several spin-off shows and cookbooks being produced over the years. Hairy Bikers has also been exported around the world, with versions of the show airing in Australia, South Africa, and the Netherlands.

In summary, Hairy Bikers is a beloved British cooking show featuring two motorcycle enthusiasts with a passion for food. The show explores the history and culture of Britain's culinary traditions, as Si and Dave travel across the UK to learn about regional cuisines and ingredients. Combining travelogue and cooking elements, the show is an entertaining and engaging celebration of Britain's culinary heritage.

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Seasons

15. Carlisle

November 1, 2017

Si and Dave uncover the State Management Scheme in Carlisle - an extraordinary WWI government experiment to take over the pubs.

14. Great Fire Of London

November 1, 2017

Si and Dave visit inns that witnessed The Great Fire Of London and pubs that watered the workers during the 50 year rebuild.

13. Oxford

November 1, 2017

Si and Dave discover pubs with links to Britain's literary greats, including CS Lewis and Tolkien, on a trip to Oxford.

12. Maine Course

December 2, 2011

The bikers are in Maine and hop aboard the boat of a lifelong lobsterman who shows them a typical day's work. Back on land, the boys go digging for clams in muddy flats and throw down a traditional beachfront seafood bake with a local chef.

11. Squirrel Stew

November 25, 2011

Bill and Paul indulge in the pioneer spirit of Kentucky where squirrel season is starting. After capturing a few, the bikers hit the Bourbon Trail and Maker's Mark distillery puts them to work churning out Kentucky's signature Bourbon whiskey. They join up with a group of local bikers and learn that the best way to cook up squirrel is the wild frontiersman stew called Burgoo.

10. Southern Spear Fishing

November 25, 2011

Bill and Paul set out for some nighttime spear fishing and beach-side pan-frying in South Carolina. Later they take a little history trip when they harvest rice from an old plantation's paddies and bring all the ingredients with them to an underground dinner party thrown by a secret culinary group called Guerrilla Cuisine.

9. Pigging Out

November 18, 2011

Bill and Paul roll into Jackson, Mississippi where the soul food culture is famous for making use of every part of the pig. Many favorite local dishes are made from the least expensive parts... including skin, ears, feet, intestines and stomach. They bikers learn the secret to a famous Pig Ear sandwich and visit a local pig butcher to break down a pig and make their traditional Hog Head Sauce. Finally, they join the 50th Anniversary celebration of "Jackson's original soul food restaurant," where they fry up some pig feet and help the crew make a delicious batch of hogmaws (pig stomach) and chitlins (pig intestines.)

8. Street Meat

November 18, 2011

The men are in North Carolina, where they tour the Great Smoky Mountains; learn to eat roadkill; and forage for wild mushrooms.

7. Druken Gator

November 11, 2011

Deep in Gator Country on the Florida panhandle, Bill and Paul are on a quest for alligators using a crossbow. They will cook them up later for dinner with the locals. The boys then roll out of the swamp and into a nest of bees, where a beekeeper shows them the process of harvesting the rare and coveted Tupelo Honey. Ultimately, they join a redneck tailgate party, to learn the secret to cooking a chicken on a beer can and try to use the technique on their fresh-caught gator!

6. Big Shrimp

November 4, 2011

Bill and Paul arrive in Corpus Christi, Texas where the locals are obsessed with extreme breakfast tacos. Next, they cruise into Aransas Pass on the opening day of shrimp season.

5. Hog Wild

October 28, 2011

Bill and Paul ride into their hometown of Bryan-College Station Texas, where the town is being over run by wild boars. They head out on a night hunt with state-of-the-art military-grade equipment and Bill bags a big pig. Next they visit a true Texas cowboy who shows them the secret to cooking pig in a make-shift oven buried in the ground.

4. On Fire

October 21, 2011

Bill and Paul cruise into Houston where there's a growing subculture of chiliheads who test their taste buds and push the limits of pain by eating some of the hottest peppers in the world. The bikers set out to find and eat the hottest peppers around. Their atomic adventure takes them to a world class chili pepper farm---a local small town butcher and in the end they hook up with a group of heat seeking maniacs to see just how much "heat" they can handle in an Ultra-hot Chili Burger Challenge.

3. Wild Wheat Harvest

October 14, 2011

Bill and Paul roll into central Oklahoma just as the winter wheat harvest is about to begin. They learn how to drive combines, harvest wheat and turn it into beer. Bill is tricked into eating a local legendary dish made from lamb testicles. And finally, they are led by a group of fellow bikers to an old gold mining town where all that remains is a restaurant known for serving up the best burger in the state.

2. Roasted River Rat

October 14, 2011

Rolling into the muggy swamplands of southern Louisiana, the bikers set out to turn a pest problem into a delicious dish. They climb aboard a fan-boat to join the hunt for a large invasive river rat called Nutria. Once they've bagged a bunch of the rodents, a small-town Cajun legend helps the boys turn their catch into spicy Andouille sausage. Then they take their new bounty to a legendary Jambalaya festival with the hopes that their Nutria Andouille will give them an edge!

1. Finger Lickin Frogs

October 10, 2011

Paul Patranella is a 4-star, classically trained French chef who loves motorcycles. Bill Allen, a renowned motorcycle mechanic, is passionate about food. These two long-time friends know that food is the ticket to the American experience and motorcycling is the only way to get there. In this episode, Bill and Paul arrive in Central, Arkansas on the opening day of frog gigging season. They learn how to spear bullfrogs with a stick and cook them up on the side of the river banks. They also learn the secret to a famous BBQ sauce and in the end, they throw down with a group of Dutch Oven fanatics called: The Redneck Gourmets.

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