Most Expensive Pizza

Written by: tom Filed Under: Food, Luxury, World on December 14th, 2006

Pizza is one of the staples of the modern American diet, especially amongst the young and the lower class. It’s generally regarded as a cheap and convenient meal with more going for it than its fast food competition. So when we heard about chef Domenico Crolla’s “Pizza Royale 007″, we were quite shocked. It didn’t seem likely that someone would have set out to make the world’s most expensive pizza when usually pizza is such a low budget meal.

The 12 inch pizza pie is densely packed with an assortment of some of the world’s most expensive food ingredients, such as lobster marinated in cognac, caviar soaked in champagne, sunblush tomato sauce, Scottish smoked salmon, venison medallions, prosciutto, and vintage balsamic vinegar. In addition to all these fine ingredients, it’s topped with a significant amount of edible 24-carat gold flakes.

pizza pie

Mr. Crolla originally claimed that the novelty luxury pizza was worth some $3,700, and he would auction it on eBay and donate the proceeds to The Fred Hollows Foundation. The Fred Hollows Foundation is a UK organization that seeks to eradicate avoidable blindness in developing countries. The auction ended November 19, 2006 with the highest bid by Italian lawyer Maurizio Morelli reaching £2,150 (approx. $4,200 in US dollars). Morelli is a charitable food connoisseur from Rome who also collects fine wines and truffles. The Guinness Book of World Records is reviewing the details of the pizza’s sale and it is under consideration for taking the record for “World’s Most Expensive Pizza” from a less extravagant white truffle pizza created by Gordon Ramsay’s Maze restaurant in London.


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(14) Comments

14 comments...What do you think?

  1. Posted by William 2nd August, 2008 at 9:38 pm

    Still perfer Pizza Hut….

  2. Posted by nilo 12th October, 2008 at 10:29 pm

    looks delicious, but i prefer burgers

  3. Posted by Connor 19th October, 2008 at 2:36 pm

    Eh, I thnk I’ll stick to my regular stuffed crust pizza.

  4. Posted by Mr Bean 18th December, 2008 at 4:10 pm

    This is exactly what the neopolitans didn’t want. They created a cheap dish for peasants which should in Italy cost around £3.

  5. Posted by Domenico 24th February, 2009 at 5:48 pm

    the pizza raised much needed funds and awareness for charity. more on the way….

  6. Posted by sebastian 26th March, 2009 at 3:39 pm

    looks tasty …*cough cough not* but ill stick to big cheese pizza largest pizza sold in a restrant in PA by the way “18″

  7. Posted by Pizzas Big and Small « adventures in… 5th May, 2009 at 12:50 am

    [...] The world’s most expensive pizza, the “Pizza Royale 007″ from chef Domenico Crolla is densely packed with an assortment of some of the world’s most expensive food ingredients, such as lobster marinated in cognac, caviar soaked in champagne, sunblush tomato sauce, Scottish smoked salmon, venison medallions, prosciutto, and vintage balsamic vinegar. In addition to all these fine ingredients, it’s topped with a significant amount of edible 24-carat gold flakes.–from mostexpensive.net [...]

  8. Posted by Martining hudas 29th May, 2009 at 2:51 am

    Is this a joke? or a fake i should stay with delicious pizza gallore in dap-dap.

  9. Posted by donna 29th June, 2009 at 9:40 pm

    darn! I would not spend that much for a special pizza whatsoever! I’m sure the ordinary pizza taste better:D

  10. Posted by the shadow 4th August, 2009 at 9:05 pm

    wow! edible gold? wow!

  11. Posted by Johan 5th August, 2009 at 8:32 am

    Is it free if it takes longer than 20 minutes for delivery??

  12. Posted by Nnacy Assenga 10th August, 2009 at 4:56 am

    is it just the word”expensive gives it a better taste?lol!gmme some

  13. Posted by carl 2nd November, 2009 at 8:25 am

    i’d rather stick to pizza hut than eating a pizza with GOLD…….

  14. Posted by David 2nd November, 2009 at 9:11 pm

    what the hell pizza pizza is better

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