Dave Myers, the Hairy Bikers star who died aged 66, left behind companies worth nearly £1.5 million, according to recently filed accounts. The TV chef's production company, Sharpletter, which he co-owned with his wife Liliana, had assets exceeding £1.4 million as of January 31.
Another firm, Hairy Bikers Television, co-founded with his friend and co-star Si King, is valued at nearly £100,000, according to documents filed with Companies House in December. Myers, who was born in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, initially worked as a make-up artist specialising in prosthetics before finding fame as a TV chef.
Myers met Si King in 1995 on the set of a TV drama, and they went on to form the Hairy Bikers duo. Their first series, 'The Hairy Bikers' Cookbook', launched on the BBC in 2006, and they subsequently published over 30 cookbooks together. Myers announced he was receiving treatment for cancer in May 2022 but did not specify the type.
He is survived by his wife Liliana, whom he met while filming in Romania, and his stepchildren Iza and Sergiu.
