Simon King and David Myers, have just started a 45 date tour which, as well as giving food demonstrations, will include their tales of their various global trips for their famous BBC2 shows.

Si and Dave admit they were quite late developers when it came to cooking for television. They met on the set of a Catherine Cookson film where Si was in production and Dave was doing the make-up.

“We got together over a curry during filming and just really hit it off, ” explains Si. “We had a really good laugh and realised that we were both great foodies and motorbike fanatics.”

Their love for exotic cuisine has taken them across many countries including southern India, Turkey, Argentina, Romania and Mexico.

They have also travelled Great Britain looking at regional food in The Hairy Bikers’ Food Tour of Britain and they are now travelling the country again, but this time on stage.

February 17, Theatre Royal, Wakefield, tel. 01924 211 311; February 18, Sheffield City Hall, 01442 789789; March 5, York Opera House, 0844 847 2322; March 31, Harrogate Theatre.

For tickets, tel 01423 502116.