Five chefs from Ottawa and the Outaouais will cook off against each other next month, hoping to qualify for the 2026 Canadian Culinary Championship next January. Article content

Three of the chefs at the Sept. 22 event are newcomers to the annual competition, which is called the Ottawa edition of Canada’s Great Kitchen Party, but in past years was known as Gold Medal Plates. These chefs include Simon Beaudry, the 31-year-old chef at Les Fougères in Chelsea, Simon Laroche, chef at the pasta-focused restaurant Caméline in Gatineau’s Hull sector, and Michael Hauschild, the private chef who runs the Kanata-based catering company InHaus Cooking.

Returning competitors are Chef Jason Sawision of Stofa Restaurant on Wellington Street West and Mitch Lacombe of Gitanes on Elgin Street. Sawisi

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