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Elgin Community College-trained chef Zach Laidlaw and his teammate Nicole Renard won the challenge on Thursday’s episode of “Next Level Chef” and will compete from the top floor next week. Laidlaw, now a professional chef in Hawaii, and Renard, a social media chef from Washington state, are on a team overseen by celebrity chef Richard Blais. They cooked from the basement level Thursday, with .