Hairy Bikers' Bakeation

Si och Dave gör en episk 700-mils gastronomisk resa över hela Europa. De möter fantastiska bagare och smakar de bästa bakverk som finns på hela kontinenten.

Dave and Si's journey takes them through the Netherlands, where they bake lazybones buns beside a windmill, to Belgium where they cook up an indulgent chocolate truffle cheesecake.

Germany is one of Dave's favourite countries. Travelling from the wine region of the Rhine Valley to the spiritual home of beer in Bavaria, he and Si discover Germany's passion for bread. The Bikers prove that German cuisine isn't all sausages and beer, but based on regional specialities from pre...

The Bikers journey to the furthest reaches of Europe and attend an amazing family party thrown by Dave's wife Lil, who comes from Romania. Three countries, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania, provide Dave and Si with ample opportunity to explore some great baking. It all starts in a cafe in Bratislava...

The home of Mozart, `The Sound of Music' and Arnold Schwarzenegger provides the fifth leg of the Hairy Bikers' adventure. The trip starts in Vienna, patisserie capital of the world, and ends atop the spectacular Grossglockner alpine pass, one of the world's most spectacular biking roads. In Vienn...

In Venice, Dave and Si have to abandon their bikes in favour of a more elegant form of transport, the gondola, but that doesn't stop them cooking. By the side of a canal they bake a classic focaccia with rosemary. It's not long before they are back on the road, making a dash for Turin to help cel...

Journeying across France, Dave and Si explore the `bouchon' - a restaurant traditionally run by a female chef or `mere Lyonnaise'. As for their own efforts, they start with a tarte aux pralines and create a saussisson-stuffed brioche. After a quick stop to learn the secrets of teeth-pulling nouga...

The last leg of their journey takes Dave and Si through northern Spain. In San Sebastian, they get stuck in to the local cuisine with pinchos. They also bake up a storm in the form of a pan rustico - a fabulous Basque chicken pie and a seafood empanada, packed with locally caught fish. In Galicia...