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Renée Lavallée, owner of The Canteen in Dartmouth is sharpening her knives to compete in the new season of Top Chef Canada.

The Food Network announced the lineup for the next instalment of the cooking competition show Wednesday. The first episode airs Monday, April 1 at 11 p.m. On the network’s website, it says the show will kick off with “one pretty big twist.”

Lavallée is the owner of The Canteen and Little C on Portland Street in Dartmouth. Originally from Shawville, Que., she worked in many restaurants in the world before landing in Nova Scotia. The Canteen first appeared above the Two if By Sea coffee shop, but within a few years it moved into the space once occupied by the Sun Sun Café and grew into a full-service restaurant (with takeout shop Little C) .

This is certainly not her first stab at competition. She won the Gold Medal Plates in 2014 for her lobster roll with snow crab.

Her profile on the Food Network says Lavallée is eager to put her skills and experience to use on Top Chef Canada, while also showing women across the country that it is possible to have a successful career while raising a family.

She’ll be facing 10 other chefs from Ontario, Quebec and B.C. Three other chefs from Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario will compete for a 12th spot in a cook-in challenge.

The grand prize for this season’s Top Chef Canada is $100,000, a Café kitchen, a culinary tour of Italy for two from Air Transat, and $5,000 worth of Cuisinart products.