Chef Mat masters TV kitchen.

MAT Follas was last night crowned winner of MasterChef 2009, after preparing a three-course meal consisting of wild ingredients including rabbit, spider crab and lavender.

The IT engineer from Beaminster, Dorset, took the trophy in an all-male final after six weeks of heats, a week of gruelling semi-finals and a week of finals.

The 42-year-old's winning menu consisted of a starter of trio of wild rabbit, a main course of spider crab with hand cut chips and sea vegetables, and a dessert of lavender mousse with hokey pokey and a blackberry sauce.

Mr Follas, who declared he was "delighted" with his win, said his long term plan is to become a full-time chef with a restaurant.