By 3 News online staff
A café and cooking school owned by well-known Canterbury chef Jo Seagar has been put into liquidation after several months on the market.
Seagars at Oxford closed on Friday according to a notice posted by its operator Winslow Trading Company.
Ms Seagar said the business began struggling after the earthquakes and she is gutted her dream has fallen apart
"It's a really tough thing," she told RadioLIVE this afternoon.
"I'm really, really sad. It's been a fabulous 10 years and um, yeah it's just not how I planned it."
Ms Seagar hopes someone could still step in and buy the business and that she could still maintain some involvement.
She had relisted the cooking school and cafe with a property company just a fortnight before going into liquidation. The price tag was set at $390,000 plus GST, including B&B accommodation for 12 guests and a three-bedroom apartment.
The Prime Business advertisement claimed "new opportunities and lifestyle changes" for Seagar and her husband, Ross, were among the reasons behind the proposed sale.
The chef had previously said she plans to continue living in the small Canterbury town of Oxford.
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