Career
Since leaving Coronation Street in 2005, Wilson has played minor roles in several United Kingdom television dramas, the most recent being in January 2008, when he appeared in Waterloo Road as Darren Briggs Snr, a student"s father who has a crush on teacher Davina Shackleton which gets out of hand. From 8 December 2008 to 4 January 2009, Wilson appeared in Cinderella at the Palace Theatre, Redditch. In 2006, he was a contestant in the first series of Dancing on Ice becoming the 5th person to be eliminated.
Wilson is also a chef, claiming that he has 300 cookbooks at his home, he has cooked in several Michelin starred restaurants and is also a cheesemaker, with his own cheese company "Saddleworth Cheese Company".
His book, "The Great Northern Cookbook" was published in 2012. The accompanying television series is being shown on United Kingdom television Channel 5 starting in January 2013.
Wilson is also patron of a United Kingdom charity, Development of Children and Women Centre Nepal.