A burger flipper from Worcestershire has reinvented his fast food business after spending an intense period in the kitchen of one of the country 's top restaurants as part of a new TV programme . Now hungry burger-lovers keen to try his gourmet-influenced meat are travelling from far and wide to buy them . A new six-part Channel 4 programme , Burger Bar to Gourmet Star , put Carl Sampson , 27 , under the tutelage of one of the country 's top chefs , Daniel Clifford . What happened when the more humble end of the country 's dining spectrum met with the higher echelons of British cookery ? Top chef Daniel Clifford ( left ) tutored Carl Sampson ( right ) prompting him to turn his food van business around . Flipping great : Carl Sampson , 27 , has seen his burgers fly off the shelves of his van after appearing in the television programme . Plans are afoot to sell burgers wholesale and even open a restaurant . Previously , Sampson made a living serving burgers to passing lorry drivers from a lay-by on the A38 near Worcester . By his own admission , the meat he presented , in a plain white bap , might have left burger aficionados running for the hills . His signature dish wasan artery-straining UFO burger , a carnivorous concoction that comprised four burgers , four sausages , eight rashers of bacon and , somewhere in between , eight squares of processed cheese . However , since his brush with the higher echelons of British cookery , word of mouth has seen people travel from all over the country to sample his fast food . He told the Worcestershire News : ' I ’ ve had people travel from Chester , London and even Lincoln - that ’ s a 125-mile trip - just to try them . ' Chef Daniel Clifford admits he fully expected Sampson to wilt under the pressure and was amazed by the young chef 's stoic attitude . His fortunes changed after an intense cookery lesson with respected chef Daniel Clifford of Midsummer House , Cambridge which prompted a culinary epiphany . The results ? Hand-pressed 5oz burgers so in demand that Sampson often has to turn people away . So far , the chef admits he 's tinkered with his popular new recipe , which includes rump and chuck steak , cayenne pepper and Worcestershire sauce , more than thirty times . Chef Clifford admits the two men were operating in separate universes . ' I ’ ve never stopped in one of these places in my life ' , says the chef as he arrives at the burger van in the show in his Audi . Sampson , whose previous experience as a cook amounted to a stint at McDonald 's and working at a pub , was thrown into the deep end of the kitchen at Midsummer House . It was assumed he would falter under the pressure . Instead Sampson thrived on the one-on-one time with the chef and despite plenty of less-than-friendly words aimed in his direction , he saw the short apprenticeship through . Sampson is planning to sell his burgers wholesale after local farm shops flocked to stock them . Before his training at Midsummer House , Carl Sampson served up standard burgers from a below par butcher . Now his new beef patties , which the recipe for has been tweaked no less than 31 times , includes the following : . Rump steak . Chump steak . Herbs and spices including : . cayenne pepper . Worcestershire sauce . After leaving Midsummer House , the married father set about trying to adapt what he 'd learned to his own business . He quickly dismissed the fancier dishes but did realise that there was a lot he could do to up the quality for his existing customer base . He kept the price of favourites the same - a bacon sandwich will still set you back £2.70 - but found a butcher selling better quality meat . He cleaned his van within an inch of its life . He says the chance to aspire for more has been 'life-changing ' . He told the Times 'It was life-changing for me on a number of levels . ' 'It ’ s made me a better cook for sure , but it ’ s also made me appreciate what I have at home too . ' The sky 's the limit for his business plans too . Local farm shops are going to stock them raw and Sampson is planning to sell them wholesale too . A restaurant in Worcester might also be on the cards . Watch this space . Burger Bar to Gourmet Star airs tonight on Channel 4 .
Burger van owner Carl Sampson , 27 , transformed his business after working 16-hour days under top chef Daniel Clifford . He now uses a better butcher and has changed his burger recipe one times . Word has spread and a customer travelled 125 miles to try 31 . Sampson is the star of a new Channel 4 show Best Chef , Worst Chef .