promoted to Sous Chef. In 2014, Romain opened a new Claudio Aprile restaurant, known as Origin North, as an Executive Sous Chef and became the Chef de Cuisine. From 2014 to 2016, he took on the project to revive a popular French brasserie owned by Charles Khabouth, La Societé, as Executive Chef. In 2015, he participated as a candidate for Chopped Canada and was a finalist. In 2016, Romain was approached by Peter Freed to open the project, Lavelle, a 16000 square foot rooftop patio and restaurant in the heart of downtown Toronto's King West neighbourhood. This led him to being a guest judge on Food Network's Top Chef Canada. In 2017, he got his first ambassadorships with Nespresso Canada (2020) and Monogram Canada. This led him to launch his first company, Romain Avril Inc. From 2018 to 2019, he started the position of Culinary Director at Neruda, in the east end of Toronto. Soon after he started private restaurant menu consulting. Between 2019 and 2020, Romain was teaching part time as George Brown College as well as running a food segment on CBC Radio Canada. Avril launched his own social media series, Frenchy Cooks providing recipe inspiration and tips for professional chefs. He's also running virtual cooking classes and finalizing his cookbook, The Vegan Bridge. References French television chefs University of Angers alumni People from L'Isle-Adam, Val-d'Oise 1985 births Living people French expatriates in Canada