The Hairy Bikers' Cook Off
Season 1
The Hairy bikers invite a pair of families, and a celebrity guest, to demonstrate their cooking skills.
Where to Watch Season 1
40 Episodes
- Episode 1E1
Episode 1The Hairy Bikers begin their search for Britain's best family of cooks. Forty families will compete in a series of culinary battles resulting in just one winner. They are joined by singer and actress Jodie Prenger who cooks her quick and easy fish pie, and Si and Dave serve up a delicious Sicilian potato cake. - Episode 2E2
Episode 2The Hairy Bikers continue their search for Britain's best family of cooks. Over the next eight weeks, 40 families will compete in a series of culinary battles resulting in just one winner. Their special guest is Strictly Come Dancing's Kristina Rihanoff, who cooks a traditional Russian borscht. Plus The Bikers serve up their dish of the day, lemon profiteroles. - Episode 3E3
Episode 3The Hairy Bikers host another heat of the contest to find Britain's best cooking family with a lesson in how to make Scotch eggs and a seven-minute supper of calves' liver with polenta, bacon and balsamic onions. Presenter and comedian Phill Jupitus plates up a Thai pork salad, while Si and Dave make a leek and potato strudel. - Episode 5E5
Episode 5Two more families battle it out in the contest to find Britain's best family of cooks. Also in the cafe is Casualty actress Sunetra Sarker who plays Dr Zoe Hanna; she cooks lobscouse and Si and Dave make a potato rosti with smoked salmon, poached duck egg and chervil hollandaise. The seven minute supper is chicken meatballs in an Asian noodle broth. - Episode 6E6
Episode 6Si King and Dave Myers are joined in the café by food writer and presenter Tom Parker Bowles, who serves up his Thai-ish cucumber salad with chicken. The Bikers demonstrate the art of making a terrine and viewers can cook along to the seven-minute supper, glazed gammon steaks with pineapple salsa. - Episode 8E8
Episode 8The Hairy Bikers host another heat of the contest to find Britain's best cooking family with a lesson in how to make tagliatelle and a seven-minute supper of meatballs with cherry tomato sauce, which viewers can cook along to at home. Jo Wood is the special guest; she makes caramelised apple floating islands, and Si and Dave make cinnamon, banana and blueberry muffins. - Episode 10E10
Episode 10Two more families battle it out in the contest to find Britain's best family of cooks. Also in the cafe is actor Charles Dance, who bakes a plum, raspberry and pistachio cake; and Si and Dave make baked stuffed fish with radicchio and pancetta salad. The seven-minute supper consists of a pepper beef stir-fry with crispy noodles. - Episode 12E12
Episode 12Si King and Dave Myers continue their search for Britain's best family of cooks with 40 families from across the UK competing for the title. Their special guest is actress Natalie Casey who cooks an authentic Valencian paella while the bikers serve up their dish of the day, a broccoli and grilled pepper salad. The seven-minute supper is an open lasagne with leeks, autumn mushrooms, fried egg and pangrattato. - Episode 13E13
Episode 13The Hairy Bikers host another heat of the contest to find Britain's best cooking family. The seven-minute supper is Boston baked beans with potato cakes. Actor James Redmond is the special guest, he makes a dish of spicy griddled chicken and Si and Dave make an upside down winter pudding. - Episode 14E14
Episode 14The Hairy Bikers host another heat in the contest to find Britain's best cooking family with a lesson in how to make baked Alaska and a seven minute supper of steak with chimichurri and fried onion rings. EastEnders' Cheryl Fergison, who plays Heather Trott, plates up vegetable gnocchi gratin and Si and Dave make a red roast duck curry. - Episode 15E15
Episode 15Two more families battle it out in the contest to find Britain's best family of cooks. Also in the cafe is broadcaster Hardeep Singh Kohli who plates up an oxtail curry. Si and Dave make a smoked fish souffle and the seven-minute supper is seafood tagliatelle with garlic bread. - Episode 16E16
Episode 16Si King and Dave Myers are joined in the cafe by Great British Menu judge Matthew Fort, who serves a Sicilian sardine and pasta dish. They also demonstrate how to make pork tenderloin with rosemary and Parma ham, and prepare a seven-minute supper of piri-piri poussin with coleslaw and chilli corn - Episode 17E17
Episode 17Bill Oddie joins Si King and Dave Myers to prepare sesame tuna with noodle stir-fry, and the pair serve cauliflower fritters and roast garlic as their dish of the day. Also included is a seven-minute supper recipe for sauteed mushrooms on toast with Parmesan cream and crispy bacon - Episode 19E19
Episode 19Former boxer Barry McGuigan joins Si King and Dave Myers to prepare a pork chop with apple sauce and mash. The duo create a plum and marzipan tart and the contest to find Britain's best cooking family continues with a lesson in making quesadillas with guacamole and mango salsa - Episode 20E20
Episode 20Si King and Dave Myers make a leek and blue cheese tart, and are joined by singer and former X Factor finalist Stacey Solomon, who prepares beef tacos. The contest to find Britain's best cooking family continues, and the seven-minute supper is haloumi and mushroom kebabs with salsa verde and roasted pepper couscous. - Episode 22E22
Episode 22The tension rises as the contest to find Britain's best family of cooks reaches the quarter-finals. Comedian Dave Spikey prepares Thai green papaya salad, while Si King and Dave Myers serve tartiflette with balsamic pickled onions, and a seven-minute supper of poppy seed tempura with noodles and dipping sauce. - Episode 25E25
Episode 25Si King and Dave Myers introduce a quarter-final in the contest to find Britain's Best Family of Cooks, and prepare French pissaladiere. They are also joined by presenter Chris Hollins, who cooks steak and kidney pudding, and the seven-minute supper is an Italian saltimbocca alla romana. - Episode 27E27
Episode 27Si King and Dave Myers continue their search for Britain's best family of cooks with the next round of the quarter-finals. The One Show's Alex Jones prepares pea and mint risotto, while the bikers put together a dish of beef and almonds with green olives, and a seven-minute supper of lemon and lime chicken with coriander fried rice. - Episode 28E28
Episode 28TV presenters Sam Nixon and Mark Rhodes prepare a vegetable and chorizo soup, while Si and Dave make chocolate and macadamia nut brownies. Plus, the cooking contest reaches the quarter-final with a lesson in how to stuff and roll a joint of meat, and the seven-minute supper features a recipe for sole poached in cider with parsley and bacon crumbs. - Episode 29E29
Episode 29Former England cricketer and 2003 I'm a Celebrity winner Phil Tufnell joins Si King and Dave Myers to prepare a shepherd's pie. The duo create a chestnut chocolate pudding and the contest to find Britain's best cooking family continues with a quarter-final round featuring scallops with peas, prosciutto and saffron potatoes. - Episode 30E30
Episode 30Si King and Dave Myers prepare pan-fried pork medallions, and are joined by comedian Tom O'Connor, who cooks spaghetti con polpette. They also introduce a quarter-final in the contest to find Britain's best family of cooks, and the seven-minute supper is winter vegetable crepes with fondue sauce. - Episode 31E31
Episode 31As the semi-finals begin, Si King and Dave Myers are joined by EastEnders actress Samantha Womack, who serves spaghetti bolognese. They also demonstrate how to make Middle Eastern spinach and feta fatayer, and prepare a seven-minute supper of chargrilled squid with chorizo and borlotti beans. - Episode 32E32
Episode 32Actor Tom Ellis prepares Moroccan chicken, and the semi-finalists in the best cooking family contest tackle a black forest gateau. Meanwhile, Si King and Dave Myers put together a seven-minute supper of fried mozzarella and aubergine sandwiches, and provide a recipe for crab cakes and sweet chilli sauce. - Episode 34E34
Episode 34Actress Lesley Joseph joins Si King and Dave Myers to make her favourite breakfast dish of smoked salmon and scrambled eggs. The duo rustle up a Thai-style sea bass, two families battle it out in a semi-final round of Britain's Best Family of Cooks, and the seven-minute supper is papardelle with Italian sausages and autumn greens. - Episode 35E35
Episode 35Si King and Dave Myers introduce the last of the semi-finals to find Britain's best family of cooks, and prepare fillet of venison wrapped in spinach. They are also joined by Bang Goes the Theory presenter Liz Bonnin, who cooks grilled red snapper with Asian vegetables, and the seven-minute supper is prawn and crab laksa. - Episode 37E37
Episode 37Two of the last six entrants in the Britain's Best Family of Cooks contest compete for a place in the final, and Blue Peter presenter Helen Skelton makes Eve's Pudding. Meanwhile, Si King and Dave Myers cook chestnut and choriso soup with cheese straws, and prepare a seven-minute supper of Glamorgan sausages and spicy tomato relish. - Episode 38E38
Episode 38Actress Cheri Lunghi joins Si and Dave to prepare her puy lentil lasagne, while the duo make a festive stollen, and the seven-minute supper features a recipe for pan-fried bream with sweet and sour peppers. Plus, the cooking competition heats up as two more families battle it out for a place in Friday's final. - Episode 39E39
Episode 39Holby City actress Jaye Jacobs (Donna Jackson) joins Si King and Dave Myers to make banana bread. The duo rustle up a Christmas syllabub with walnut shortbread, two families battle it out for the last place in tomorrow's final of Britain's Best Family of Cooks, and the seven-minute supper is chicken with brandy cream sauce.