The chef apparently lost his temper when someone stirred his chilli (Picture: Getty Images)

A chef became so enraged that a family friend had stirred his homemade chilli that he stabbed the man and bit him, police say.

The 26-year-old, from Detroit, allegedly lost his temper with his wife, 35, and a family acquaintance, 30, just after 5.10am on Friday over the pair tampering with his food.

Office Jennifer Moreno said that when they questioned the family friend following the alleged attack he told them that the chef ‘was unhappy about him stirring the chilli.’

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‘He said that the suspect had bit and stabbed him,’ Moreno told The Detroit News.

The 26-year-old, whose name has not yet been released, was arrested while his friend was taken to Sinai Grace Hospital with bite and stab wounds to the thigh that were not life-threatening.

The woman was injured in the reported attack but was not taken to hospital.