ABOUT

ANTHONY “ANT” PARTRIDGE 

If ADHD grew a beard, grabbed a grinder, and nicked your socket set, it’d probably look a lot like Ant Partridge. 

Born in the UK, raised in Canada, and weaponised in Spain, Ant has spent most of his life either on two wheels, under four, or in just enough trouble to make a good story later. He got his first bike at 11, setting the tone for a future full of petrol fumes, questionable decisions, and very fast machinery. 

The real addiction kicked in when he bought his first Harley and realised he didn’t just want to ride bikes – he wanted to rip them apart and rebuild them louder, faster, and slightly more dangerous. His love affair with metal began even earlier, apprenticing as a machinist at the foundry where his dad worked. He loved the sparks and the precision… and very quickly realised he did not want to spend his life clocking in and out of a factory. 

So he left.
And then he did… pretty much everything. 

Ant’s CV reads like thirteen different people’s mid‑life crises: 

• Machinist & tool‑and‑die maker 

• Engineer on superyachts 

• Commercial ship designer & builder 

• Project manager in ship repair 

• Supercar mechanic 

• Divemaster / Dive Instructor 

• Competition flair bartender 

• Co‑founder of Europe’s first bartending school 

• Nightclub manager/owner 

• Restaurant manager 

• Restaurant/Bar consultant

• Construction worker 

• Furniture Designer 

• Interior designer 

• And a truly terrible actor in his web series “American Icon Meets Driver”

If it involved engines, tools, late nights, or chaos, he probably had a go. The one constant through all of it? Motorcycles. 

Eventually the universe stopped hinting and went full slap in the face: a job at a new custom bike shop in Marbella with his best mate and then‑roommate, Pete. Dream job unlocked—getting paid to build bikes in the sun. It was everything he’d wanted, right up until the money ran out and the shop folded. 

Ant and Pete regrouped with a bigger plan: open their own dream custom workshop. Three years of graft later, they were almost there when tragedy hit—Pete was killed in a bike crash in Germany. 

It could’ve ended the dream. Instead, while friends were organising a farewell party, fate threw another like‑minded lunatic into Ant’s path—an old mate who shared his bike obsession. They teamed up, opened a new custom shop, and Ant took creative control. 

From total obscurity, he built a brand from scratch. Within three years, he was taking commissions from some of the world’s biggest motorcycle companies, turning out jaw‑dropping customs, designing production parts, and creating apparel for riders who wanted their kit to look as sharp as their bikes. 

Never one to sit still, Ant then blew past the comfort zone and went global. He spent years bouncing around Europe as a consultant, designer and custom builder for top manufacturers in Germany, France, Holland, the UK and beyond. He’s built bikes in pristine workshops, crusty sheds and, at least once, his own living room—because “this is where the sofa goes” is apparently just a loose suggestion. 

He’s now recognised as a world‑class motorcycle designer, fusing old‑school style with modern tech—vintage cool, fewer oil leaks. 

Since 2017, Ant has also been that bloke off the telly. He became a presenter for Discovery / Warner Bros on his own hit series Goblin Works Garage, getting paid to do what he was already doing: build ridiculous machines, break rules, and occasionally himself. 

In 2022 he starred in the spin‑off Goblin Works Mod Shop, because one show clearly wasn’t enough chaos. Since then, he’s written another seven non-scripted TV shows and co‑wrote and lead actor in a gangster drama series, that just finished filming two pilot episodes for one of the biggest streaming platforms on the planet (name redacted until the lawyers say otherwise). 

In 2019, Ant decided building bikes and making TV wasn’t stressful enough, so he ticked off another lifelong dream: stand‑up comedy. His first ever gig was on stage at the Leicester Comedy Festival, because why start small? Since then, he’s been writing and performing stand‑up around the UK whenever he can squeeze it in between engines, cameras and airports. 

When he’s not on stage or on screen, he’s usually on the hunt. For the past five years, Ant has been tracking down vintage cars for friends and famous clients worldwide. In his world, there’s no such thing as “unobtainable”—there’s just “you don’t know the right dodgy bastards yet.” With a black book like Ant’s, if it’s got wheels and still exists, he can probably find it. 

After 25 years in Spain, he’s built one of the country’s biggest custom motorcycle shops and racked up nearly 2 decades of full‑time custom‑building experience. He’s earned a worldwide reputation not only for outrageous builds, but for actually answering messages, but incredibly always hitting deadlines, and treating customers like fellow petrolheads rather than invoice numbers. 

When he’s not filming, writing, wrenching, racing, or telling jokes into a microphone, you’ll find him at car and bike shows somewhere on the planet—riding, sliding, or generally causing mayhem on anything with two or four wheels. 

If it goes fast, makes noise, and isn’t entirely sensible, there’s a very good chance Ant Partridge is involved.