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The Beechwood Gastropub in Vanier is to close at the end of August, with its much-respected young chef-owner Harriet Clunie citing insufficient revenue and her exhaustion as two of several reasons for the closure.

“I’m at a level of burnout that’s unlike anything else I’ve ever experienced,” Clunie, 33, said in an interview this week, explaining that her business, which she has owned for a little more than a year-and-a-half, had “perpetually been short-staffed.”

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The closure means that Clunie has had to withdraw from competition this fall at the Ottawa edition of Canada’s Great Kitchen Party, the event formerly known as Gold Medal Plates, after being invited to take part for the first time in the prestigious annual event.

“I had to back out. That was a really hard decision,” said Clunie, who in past years had assisted other chef-competitors at the annual culinary fundraiser for Canada’s Olympians.