The Bronx will be well-represented when the fifth season of Food Network’s “Spring Baking Championship: Easter” airs on Monday. Representing the Boogie Down will be Pelham Bay native Brittany Lombardi who hopes to dazzle the Food Network judges with her showstopping French and Italian cakes, that are accented by artful design and a lifelong passion for baking.

“Ever since I was a little girl, growing up in a big Italian family, I was surrounded by food,” Lombardi told the Bronx Times. “I vividly remember sitting on the counter being a taste tester for both my father and grandmother. Food was always a part of my life, and as I got older I always had an interest in learning what my family was cooking.