A Masterchef winner's restaurant has caused quite a stir after it began serving food on the backs of diners' hands.

Anton Piotrowski, 34, who was the victor in the shows 2012 series, has introduced the bizarre practice at his new eatery, Brown & Bean, in Plymouth.

Patrons who order the apple puree and pork dishes will find the food is not served on a dish at all but instead placed on to their fists.

Michelen-starred chef Anoton Piotrowski with Keri Moss with whom he shared the Masterchef title

But the idea has received some criticism from locals.

Plymouth resident Christine Lumby told The Sun: 'I've noticed before there was a lack of proper plates in restaurants. Now I've seen it all.

'For goodness sake buy some plates.'

Another person left a comment on the Plymouth Herald's review of the restaurant, which had praised the idea, that merely read: 'Pretentious piffle!'

A video posted on Twitter shows a couple being served the appetiser at the restaurant by Mr Piotrowski himself.

The diners are served the apple and pork dish on their hands

The dish is then topped off with apple blossom

The diners are told to make a fist over their plates before the Michelen-starred cook squirts burnt apple sauce on their skin.

This is then topped with dehydrated pork and blood radish and apple blossom.

The customers are then told their plates are for 'fingerlicking'.

The diners seem to be fans of the gimmick, although once Mr Piotrowski leaves, one of them says: 'So what do we do now?'

The cook is not the first to ditch his plate with many trendy restaurants opting to serve meals on wooden boards or flat stone.

The growing practice has not been popular with a few however, and one Twitter page entitled We Want Plates posts pictures of food being served in numerous avant-garde objects such as hats, ping pong bats and upside down umbrellas.