A Whitehorse business owner is asking for the public’s help after reporting to the RCMP a number of kitchen appliances that went missing this week.

Cat McInroy manages Well Bread Culinary Centre at 6209 Sixth Ave. in the city’s downtown core.

Last Sunday, she realized that a number of pieces of equipment she had been hoping to use later this year were not where she had left them.

Among the items missing:

• eight Kitchen Aid stand mixers (all black, 4.5 quartz and still in the box with all attachments);

• one food processor; and

• one box of 36 glasses.

They were last seen at the warehouse she was storing them in, with the stand mixers buried under the glassware and processors.

McInroy was hoping to use them during cooking classes she plans to hold next month, and is upset about the unfortunate loss.

“I’m pretty sure the theft happened within the last three days,” McInroy told the Star Thursday morning.

However, it could be a week or two since they’ve been gone, since she’s been busy trying to arrange for the classes.

She’s been gathering the items over the last months as they’ve gone on sale. With everything purchased brand new, she estimates the cost of the stand mixers to be about $2,000.

Adding in the glasses and processors, it could be upwards of $2,100.

The Pilsner glasses amount to about three dozen, and are also still in the box as well.

“I think there were 36 of them: who needs that many?” McInroy asked.

The small business owner also feared what this means for her work, posting on Facebook that someone may try to sell them at a high price come the holiday season.

“Really breaks my heart as I can’t afford to replace them until into next year,” she wrote, with her two posts receiving more than 200 shares.

“I can’t run a lot of the baking classes I wanted to,” she said, adding that may also limit the foods she can make.

“Even kneading bread, we’ll have to do it by hand – which might be a bit of a deterrent if somebody has a shoulder problem.”

Also a trained pastry chef, McInroy said she remains hopeful that it’s never too late to right a wrong.

“It absolutely sucks because I’m doing this on my own time,” she sighed, but encouraged the public to keep their eyes peeled online, especially on used marketplace pages.

Anyone with information can call the RCMP at 667-5555 and claim file #2018-1407733, or contact directly at 633-2665.