A CHEF from Wokingham has got through to the semi-finals of a competition to find Britain’s best young chef.

Oliver Marlow works at the internationally-acclaimed eight-seater Aulis restaurant in London and is also a chef on BBC’s ‘Great British Menu’.

The local chef will cook a recipe using a whole fresh gutted hake, clams and leeks.

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The judges will be looking for recipes and methods which demonstrate the best balance of creativity.

The Regional Finals will see 18 chefs cook their recipes on Thursday, September 9 battling out for six places at the National Final.

Roux brothers Alain Roux and Michel Roux Jr were delighted to see such a high level of talent among the applications.

Michel Roux Jr said: "Hake is a fish that a lot of chefs use in their restaurant, so we chose it because they weren’t going to be scared of cooking with it. If you look at price and quality you can do an excellent fish dish with it, and it’s also sustainable.

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The Roux Scholarship has been running more than 30 years and is judged by Michel Roux Jnr (BBC Saturday Kitchen, Kitchen Impossible, Masterchef), Brian Turner CBE (BBC's Ready, Steady, Cook) and James Martin (BBC Saturday Kitchen, This Morning and Saturday Morning with James Martin) among many other Michelin-starred chefs.