A YOUNG chef is cooking up a storm on BBC Three's cooking show fronted by Big Zuu and Stacey Dooley.

Louis Makepeace is a contestant on Hungry For It and so far the bartender from Worcester is one of the competition's front runners. 

He impressed the judges for the second week where on Tuesday's episode the contestants were tasked with cooking chicken for 100 diners on the show. 

The winning chef will get a 'culinary trip of a lifetime'.

A biography for the 21-year-old says he 'has a passion and talent for buying fresh ingredients and making meals from scratch'.

Mr Makepeace was on musician Big Zuu's team and they served up punchy sumac and aleppo pepper chicken with hispo cabbage and griddled honey and lime chicken with Nigerian-style rice. 

The team battle it out to see whose dishes came out on top. As well as competing against each other, they also have to live together too.

The show is being referred to as the ultimate cooking crash course as 10 rookie cooks from across the country will have their cooking skills critiqued by Stacey Dooley, Big Zuu and Chef Kay Kay.

The contestant posted a short-form video inspiring people to get back in the kitchen and said: "If I can do it anyone can." 

Louis Makepeace, who is 3ft 10ins due to achondroplasia, made national news in 2018 after Heart of Worcestershire College said he was a 'health and safety risk'.

Mr Makepeace said he had been banned from going on a college cooking course because of his size.

He appeared on This Morning and was approached by documentary makers about filming his life story.

“Effectively, Louis is unemployed now,” she said.

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Heart of Worcestershire College issued a statement in response to say Louis had told them he no longer wanted to do the course.

Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay tweeted a job offer to the budding chef at the time with Mr Makepeace calling it a 'dream' to be able to work with him.