A steakhouse that found notoriety for feuding with internet chef Salt Bae claims to have had £5,000 worth of luxury meat stolen. In 2021, Relentless Steak and Lobster in Portsmouth publicly criticised Nusret Gökçe, the internet sensation known as Salt Bae, after he started selling a gold-covered steak for £630 at , central London. At the time, the owner of the steakhouse, Scott Matthews, accused of “taking the mick” and re-created the dish himself for £500 less, which he sold to customers.
Now, the restaurant is appealing to social media to help recover a haul of meat that was stolen from the site in the Port Solent area of Portsmouth, between 11pm on Thursday and 5am on Friday. The stolen produce included tomahawk steak, one of , which is sold on the restaurant’s menu for £55. Fillet steaks and chicken wings were also taken.
The restaurant said the meat was supposed to be for Christmas office parties and a christening. In a post on Facebook, it said: “Urgent, we need you. We were broken into and over £5,000 worth of meat has been stolen.
Share now to make it too hot to sell on. “These are our tomahawks and you can’t buy them anywhere, so if you see them, you know it’s Relentless stock. This was our weekends and Christmas parties stock that has been stolen and pre-ready for office parties in November as well as a christening booked in.
” In a later update, the restaurant posted: “Our Port Solent branch is open and still trading; we won’t let scum b.
