Dave Myers: Life, Wife, Net Worth and Hairy Bikers Legacy

Dave Myers spent two decades on British television making cooking feel like an adventure, yet the questions fans type into search bars are about something quieter: his family, his money, his final years. When he died at 66 in 2024, his Hairy Bikers partner Si King was the one to break the news to the public (ITV News Granada (regional news)). Here’s the confirmed record — and the details that remain genuinely unresolved.

Full name: David James Myers ·
Born: 1957, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England ·
Died: 29 February 2024, aged 66 ·
Known for: The Hairy Bikers with Si King ·
Cancer diagnosis: Revealed about two years before his death ·
Wife: Liliana Orzac

Dave Myers at a glance

Nine facts, one pattern: the record is solid on where he came from and how he died, and thinner on the family details fans ask about most.

The pattern holds: the public facts end at the hospital door. Beyond the diagnosis and the date of death, the biographical record in the top search results goes quiet.

Did Dave Myers have any kids?

The reporting reviewed here points one way: Myers was a stepfather, not a biological father. The Independent names Izabelle and Sergiu as Liliana Orzac’s children from a previous relationship (The Independent (national newspaper)).

What is Dave Myers’s personal life like?

• Marrying Liliana gave Myers what he called a “ready-made family”, according to Yours magazine (lifestyle magazine)
• The couple’s blended family was a quiet counterpoint to the biker brand: cooking shows by day, family life by night

That distinction matters for anyone who landed on a “Dave Myers children” query. The top results do not produce a tidy yes-or-no snippet; the most specific reporting describes a man who raised Liliana’s children as his own.

The implication: any article that tells you Myers had biological children is going beyond what the reviewed reporting supports.

How many times was Dave Myers married?

The reporting reviewed here never establishes a count. The one marriage that is confirmed is to Liliana Orzac, often called Lili (The Independent (national newspaper)). LBC reported that the couple married in 2011 (LBC (UK radio news)), a detail that has been repeated widely but not independently documented in the sources gathered here.

How old is Liliana Orzac?

Age: not stated in the sources reviewed ·
Name used: Lili ·
Children: Izabelle and Sergiu, from a previous relationship

Search queries pairing her name with “age” get answers from celebrity pages, none of which trace to a named source. What the reporting supports is narrower: she was Myers’s wife, she had two children before they met, and she was the person he came home to. What this means: whenever a site prints Liliana’s exact age, the number is not coming from the reporting reviewed here.

What was Dave Myers’ net worth?

No verified net worth figure for Dave Myers appears in the reporting reviewed for this article. The numbers that circulate online come from celebrity-wealth aggregators, and none of them cites a financial document, an accountant, or an estate record.

A net worth figure is also different from an estate. A will says what happened to what a person had; a net worth estimate claims to value everything, usually with no evidence trail.

The catch: “Dave Myers net worth” is one of the most-searched terms in this topic, and the verified answer is that no verified answer exists.

How much did Dave Myers leave his wife?

The clearest financial detail comes from LBC, which reported that Myers left around £1 million to Liliana in his will (LBC (UK radio news)). Probate records were not among the sources reviewed here, so an itemised breakdown of the estate was not independently confirmed.

Why this matters: a headline will figure answers one question and raises others — mostly about how the rest of the estate was divided, which this reporting does not show.

How much is Si King worth?

The same absence applies to Si King: no verified net worth figure appears in the reporting reviewed here. Any number attached to him in search results is an aggregator estimate, not a documented fact.

Si King’s real name, wife and children

• Real name: not confirmed in the sources reviewed; “Si King” is the name used across his career
• Wife and marriage status: not confirmed in the sources reviewed
• Children: not confirmed in the sources reviewed
• Current home: not confirmed in the sources reviewed

These are the questions that keep appearing in search data, and the honest answer to each is the same: the public record does not cover it. What is documented is his role in The Hairy Bikers and his closeness to Myers.

The pattern: King’s private life has stayed private, which is exactly why the queries keep coming.

What illness did Si King have?

The confirmed illness in this story belongs to Dave Myers. The type of cancer was never publicly specified in the reporting gathered here — what is documented is the diagnosis and the timeline. For Si King, the sources reviewed here confirm no illness at all.

The implication: a headline about Si King’s health should name a source. The reporting reviewed here doesn’t.

Dave Myers vs Si King: side by side

Seven rows, one pattern: the record is firm on Myers and nearly silent on King’s private life.

What this shows: the asymmetry between the two men’s public records is the real story — one is documented in detail, the other is almost entirely blank.

Timeline: the life of Dave Myers

• About two years before his death — Revealed a cancer diagnosis and began treatment (Liverpool Echo (regional news))
• May 2022 — Said he was undergoing chemotherapy (Nottingham Post (regional news))
• 29 February 2024 — Died at 66; Si King announced the news (Mirror (national newspaper))

Read together, the dates compress a long public life into a short final act: decades of television, two years of illness, one very public goodbye.

What’s confirmed — and what’s still unclear

The balance tilts deliberately toward the unknown: with thin public documentation, the honest answer is often “not confirmed”, and that is a fact too.

In their words: tributes and memories

“He died peacefully at home,” Si King said in announcing the loss of his best pal and co-star.

— Si King, via ITV News Granada (regional news)

“Liliana and her children brought him such happiness … Dave loved them like his own.”

— Family tribute, via ITV News Granada (regional news)

Sergiu, Dave’s stepson, paid tribute to “the TV chef he had the honour to call dad”.

— Sergiu, Dave Myers’s stepson, via LBC (UK radio news)

Taken together, the three voices tell the same story: a private man, a close partner, and a family that gained a father figure late in life.

Where that leaves the story

Dave Myers’s public life is exceptionally well documented: two decades of television, a beloved partnership with Si King, and a two-year illness he faced openly. The private record is thinner — no confirmed biological children, no verified net worth, no official probate breakdown, and almost nothing on Si King’s family. The temptation is to fill the gaps with guesses, and search results are full of them. For fans, the honest choice is clear: enjoy the recipes and the reruns, and let the unconfirmed details rest — or keep clicking into pages that offer numbers without sources.

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