Hutchinson retired in the summer of 2010 due to a knee injury, but managed to return this summer.
The 22-year-old has now signed an 18-month contract with Chelsea after having made seven appearances for the club’s reserves this season.
“It is great news I have signed a contract,” Hutchinson told the club’s official website.
“It is great to be back and I am looking forward to the future. I take it week by week and it is a slow process. I am still not out of rehabilitation but I am playing 90-minute games and feeling really fit.
“I have progressed from a month of three days training and then a day off to four days training and then a day off, so everything is going really well. It is important now to stick to the plan and listen to the doctors and progress from there.”
