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Ex-cons on kitchen duty on Canadian TV


June 12, 2009 Canadian broadcaster Citytv is putting ex-cons with no culinary skills to work in a classy Toronto restaurant for "Conviction Kitchen," a new fall reality series. The bold TV experiment is the brainchild of Toronto indie producer Cineflex Prods. and local celebrity chef Marc Thuet and his wife and co-restaurant owner Biana Zorich. Sure, TV chef Jamie Oliver trained disadvantaged youths to staff his Fifteen restaurant franchise.

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