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Sue Bennett, Stephanie Gardiner and Scott Bolles
Sydney’s Becasse restaurant in Westfield Sydney will serve its last dinner tomorrow night. Chef Justin North announced his fine diner will close along with other businesses owned with his wife and business partner, Georgia.
The businesses include Quarter Twenty One, also in Westfield Sydney. The couple placed their restaurant and food group into voluntary administration early last month, following which Etch, Le Grand Cafe and their cooking school closed. At that time, they expressed hopes of continuing to trade.
North has tweeted a request for people to offer jobs to his staff.
When the restaurant group was placed in voluntary administration, North told the Herald’s Short Black column: “There are certain areas of the business that are hemorrhaging. We did the business plan three years ago [when planning the expansion into Westfield] and the market has obviously changed significantly since then.”
North said the bakery and burger outlet Charlie and Co…