By Abbey Cannan
The Sunshine Coast’s most awarded Asian restaurant has been forced to close for six weeks after a man completely destroyed their kitchen in a ‘psychotic episode’.
The Spirit House at Yandina’s co-owners walked into their wrecked kitchen at 5.30am on Monday to find the man still smashing up the restaurant.
A 43-year-old man was arrested at the scene and has been charged with a string of offences including two counts of wilful damage.
The Spirit House owners said the six week closure and extensive damages would cost them anywhere in between $850,000 to $900,000.
“He must have had a hatred for red wine, computers and anything electric as they were all destroyed, and then he dusted the entire place in fire extinguisher dust,” they said.
“The Cooking School can continue to function but it will be around six weeks or so before repairs are completed to the restaurant.”
Spirit House will be contacting everyone with a booking and will update the community when repairs have been completed.
“Thanks for all your kind wishes and support, it means a great deal to all of us at Spirit House,” they said.
“We hope this man gets all the help he needs and look forward to seeing you all again once the repairs have been completed.”
