High-end steak restaurant raided for £5,000 worth of luxury meat as woman arrested

The proprietor and cook of Relentless Steak and Lobster House said £5,000 worthy of meat, including Tomahawk steaks and fillets, was stolen betwixt Thursday and Friday night

A high-end steak edifice has been raided of £5,000 worthy of luxury meat, sparking a large constabulary probe which had led to a pistillate being arrested.

The proprietor and cook of Relentless Steak and Lobster House took to societal media successful a hopeless effort to retrieve the Tomahawk steaks and fillets that were stolen overnight betwixt 11pm connected Thursday and 5am connected Friday. Owner Scott Matthews said the luxury nutrient has a unsocial batch codification and can't beryllium bought anywhere, arsenic the edifice successful the Port Solent country of Portsmouth, Hampshire, purchases it straight from farmers.

Asking for the public's assistance connected the restaurant's Facebook page, Mr Matthews said the meat's traceability tag ends successful 670. He explained that the nutrient was meant to beryllium utilized for play and Christmas parties that are owed to commencement aboriginal this week.

In a follow-up post, the edifice said it would proceed trading arsenic it vowed not to fto "sc****gs termination the brand." It added: "Big monolithic convey you to our suppliers for rapidly responding to exigency and suppling the portion truthful rapidly with nutrient to support america trading."

Many radical shared their enactment for the edifice portion encouraging them to support going. One wrote: "Best wishes to you guys. I'm gonna driblet by for a Sunday roast to support." Another idiosyncratic said: "I would cheque with your supplier to spot who other has been hit. They indispensable person had wrong accusation to cognize you had that overmuch stock."

Someone other added: "Shared! Vile, everyone's trying to get by including business! People are conscionable arrogant. I anticipation determination recovered and enactment is taken to lenient connected theft." One much commented: "Oh my goodness however terrible!!! What connected world is happening successful this state !! I'm truthful atrocious you person had this hap to you xx."

Following the restaurant's appeal, Hampshire Police arrested a 44-year-old pistillate connected suspicion of burglary. She has been since released nether investigation, the constabulary unit said. However, the edifice said nary nutrient has been recovered yet - and urged radical to support an oculus retired for their filled hint tags, adding that the Tomahawk steaks are marked arsenic "ABP WOLOWINA".

But contempt receiving the enactment of galore customers, Mr Matthews said determination were besides immoderate "hurtful comments" online aft idiosyncratic wrongly claimed the theft could beryllium an "inside job" arsenic they claimed cipher other would cognize that the edifice had truthful overmuch nutrient successful stock. But the restaurant's proprietor deed backmost astatine the claims and said helium has "deep trust" successful each his staff.

He said successful a connection released connected Sunday morning: "I have heavy spot successful each my staff, with whom I enactment intimately each day. After astir 17 years successful business, we've built a beardown marque and a loyal lawsuit base, serving hundreds of guests each week - much during the engaged summertime months. Our fashionable Christmas menu, featuring fillet, attracts implicit a 1000 guests successful November alone, requiring america to support important banal levels. Just to support our lobster tanks afloat costs astir £3,000 for the comments of wherefore holding truthful overmuch banal truthful benignant of puts successful discourse of banal needed.

"I instrumentality pridefulness successful utilizing lone high-quality nutrient sourced straight from farms that we person selected. Our Tomahawk steaks are awarded the satellite champion by ABP, ensuring you bask an exceptional eating experience. It's disheartening for an autarkic concern similar ours to look specified challenges, particularly successful these uncertain times.

"Like everyone else, we're awaiting adjacent week’s fund to illustration our people forward. However, I prioritize my unit and customers supra each else, and I judge we volition flooded this with the unwavering enactment of our loyal guests and the section community."

A constabulary spokesperson said: "We are investigating a study of frozen nutrient being stolen sometime betwixt 11pm connected Thursday 24 October and 5am the pursuing greeting As portion of our enquiries, we person arrested a 44-year-old pistillate from Portsmouth connected suspicion of burglary.

"She has been released nether probe portion our enquiries continue." Anyone with accusation tin telephone Relentless connected 023 9232 4812 oregon telephone constabulary connected 101 with notation 22410251054.