Si King was given a rapturous welcome at Birmingham NEC as he returned to work for the first time since close friend and Hairy Bikers partner Dave Myers lost his battle with cancer in February.
King travelled to the West Midlands for an appearance at the Good Food Show summer event, where he cooked for thousands of fans on Sunday afternoon.
He was joined onstage by celebrity chefs James Martin, Marcus Bean, Paul Ainsworth, Michel Roux Jr and Saturday Kitchen host Matt Tebbutt as the live cooking show got underway.
The TV cook, 57, later posed for a handful of photos after completing his first work commitment since the death of Myers aged 66 to an undisclosed type of cancer on February 28.
The two friends, who met in the ’90s, became household names after travelling the world on their motorbikes for a series of BBC and Channel 5 shows, among them The Hairy Bikers’ Cookbook, The Hair Bikers’ Food Tour Of Britain and The Hairy Bikers’ Asian Adventure.
Si King (second left) was given a rapturous welcome at Birmingham NEC as he returned to work for the first time since close friend Dave Myers lost his battle with cancer in February
King (right) travelled to the West Midlands for an appearance at the Good Food Show summer event, where he cooked for thousands of fans on Sunday afternoon
Their last TV appearance came on February 27 in The Hairy Bikers Go West, while Myers was struggling with the later stages of his illness.
King recently hailed a memorial motorcycle ride in honour of his late Hairy Bikers co-star as “absolutely remarkable”.
Thousands of motorcyclists travelled from London to Myers’ hometown in Barrow-in-Furness on Saturday as part of the first Dave Day.
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