Good showing in the finale not enough for ECC’s Laidlaw to win ‘Next Level’ crown

Zach Laidlaw came up short in the “Next Level Chef” season finale.

Laidlaw, a professional chef who trained at Elgin Community College, and Christina Miros, a nurse and home chef from New Jersey, lost the final challenge to Gabi Chappel, a social media chef based in Brooklyn, who netted the $250,000 prize and a year-long internship with the three celebrity chefs.

East Dundee restaurant owners say downtown food truck zones would jeopardize their businesses

An idea to bring food trucks to downtown East Dundee brought out area restaurant owners who objected to it, citing food trucks would threaten their livelihood. D.C. Cobb owner Dan Hart objected to amending an ordinance that would bring food trucks to the village more often and have them parked in coveted parking spaces downtown businesses need.   Hart’s worried about losing the parking spaces in three areas that would become “food truck zones.” Those zones would be on the east portion of Meier Street/ south of Railroad Street, a side road adjacent to 311 Barrington Ave., and the east […]