The Hairy Bikers' Meals on Wheels

Episode 1 (2x1)

Air date: Sep 04, 2013

Tonight the Bikers are heading to Elmbridge in Surrey where they worked with the local council to transform their tired menus and recruit desperately needed new volunteers. First stop is the kitchen to discover if the cooks have kept their pledge to prepare delicious menus from scratch and see if they’re still coming in on the strict £1.25 a head budget. The Bikers also want to find out if the number of volunteers has continued to rise or if the service is facing a desperate shortage. There are plenty of old friends to catch-up with, including long-standing volunteer Grace who has recently taken an enforced break from delivering the meals, as well as Mr & Mrs Phillips, a couple who at 88 and 89-years-old respectively both rely on the crucial hot lunches. Si and Dave also hear about a new initiative to deliver meals into the neighbouring borough of Mole Valley, an area where traditional meals on wheels had ceased to exist. The crowning glory is a visit by HRH the Duchess of Cornwall, who as an eager supporter of meals on wheels, previously visited Elmbridge to hear about Si and Dave’s work. Now she returns to see how the kitchen and volunteers are faring before helping Si and Dave to deliver the inaugural meals on wheels to Mole Valley. Hairy Bikers Meals On Wheels: Back On The Road was co-produced with The Open University.