From Toronto Life’s Daily Dish, our go-to Toronto source for restaurant news, we learn that celebrity chef Marc Thuet and partner Biana Zorich are in Vancouver scouting locations for a new restaurant to wrap a new series around.

Marc Thuet and Biana Zorich are leaving Toronto to take on Vancouver and the United States. Following the success of their two major projects of 2009, Conviction and Conviction Kitchen—restaurant and reality show, respectively—the couple is heading to the west coast next week to scout real estate for the second location of the restaurant. Like the King West version, the Vancouver outpost will be run by reformed criminals whose trials and tribulations will be broadcast on TV.

Filming for the second season of Conviction Kitchen begins in April. Ex-cons in Vancouver will be competing to work under Thuet and Zorich, but six employees from the Toronto location will be there, as well, vying for the chance to manage the new restaurant. “We’re giving these people second chances,” says Thuet, “but they’re not going to be cooks and servers for the rest of their lives.”

Should be interesting. They were shopping for a cast on craigslist back in December; potential cooks and servers with criminal records. If I recall the ad correctly, the room/show will be called Freedom’s Kitchen. As far as locations are concerned, there are plenty to choose from. I hear Me & Julio is for sale. So is Chaise Lounge on Main (both are pricy). My vote is for somewhere close to Main and Hastings, but that’s only because we’re moving nearby.