The Hairy Bikers come to Coventry

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On Monday, 25 January, the Hairy Bikers rode into Coventry to meet and greet fans and sign copies of their latest cookery book.


Mums Know Best! is the duo's latest television series, which searches for favourite family recipes and celebrates the best of British home cooking.

Fans queued for hours outside the Waterstones bookshop to meet them.

BBC Coventry & Warwickshire's Nicola Murphy also had a chat with Si King and Dave Myers.

Many of the fans who braved the cold to get their books signed also shared their own family recipes with the boys.

A cross between Top Gear and the Antiques Roadshow


After the signing, BBC Coventry & Warwickshire's Nicola Murphy spoke with Si and Dave about their series - and also brought along a piece of cake for them to try!

Dave explained that they were overwhelmed by the amount of people who had attended their food fairs as part of the Mums Know Best! series and that they wanted it to be "across between Top Gear and the Antiques Roadshow."

They also told Nicola what their favourite recipes are that their mums used to cook. Dave began by saying: "I think with my mum it was the fish cakes... You rub them in the bright orange breadcrumbs - the sort you can see from Mars - and make real big ones. I remember them, they were lovely."

Si added: "Mine are panhaggerty, which is a one part wonder and flat (bread) with broth, which was brilliant. Great recipes with really cheap cuts, but they just taste fantastic."