A CHEF has flown more than 1,000 miles to create the world's most expensive pizza for a St Valentine's Day meal.
The é2,150 treat by award-winning Glasgow restaurateur Domenico Crolla will be topped with edible gold, champagne-soaked caviar and lobster marinated in the finest cognac.
The antipasto-style feast sold during a charity auction on eBay in November to Italian lawyer Maurizio Morelli, a gastro-expert from Rome.
Mr Crolla has flown to the Italian capital to prepare the 12in pizza as a Valentine's surprise for Mr Morelli's wife, Sabrina, at the couple's local restaurant.
The victorious bidder heard about the creation through the Italian media, where the story stirred up some controversy.
News of the twist on the traditional recipe by a Scottish chef was enough to have Italian cuisine purists choking on their mozzarella.
But Mr Crolla defended his lavish creation, saying: "This is the perfect romantic Valentine's gift.
'Experts'
"We Italians are experts at 'amore' and I think this pizza will show that the way to a woman's heart is definitely through her stomach."
His luxury treat has been named the Pizza Royale 007 after the expensive tastes of suave super spy James Bond.
Other toppings on the organic base, spread with a sunblush tomato sauce, include Scottish smoked salmon and medallions of venison.
The meal is finished off with edible 24-carat gold shavings from the Queen's jeweller, Mappin & Webb.
The pizza was created to raise funds for The Fred Hollows Foundation, which aims to prevent curable blindness in developing countries.
The title for world's most expensive pizza was previously held by a é100 white truffle, mushroom and fontina cheese pizza at Gordon Ramsay's Maze restaurant in London.
The full list of toppings on the Pizza Royale 007 is: Beluga caviar, Scottish smoked wild salmon, prosciutto drizzled with vintage balsamic vinegar, lobster marinated in é1,300 Louis XIII Cognac, grilled venison and Aberdeen Angus fillet, corn-fed chicken, white truffle and gold shavings.
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Go Asda, Good fellows do one of them but far cheaper! Ha Ha
and people are starving....
I'd rather have a pint and a pie
followed by a pint and a pie.
peter ate all the pies...
peter ate all the pies...
la la la la la
fatty fatty bum bum
Although the toppings are all very expensive and delicious individually, I'm not convinced they would be particularly nice in combination. Too many rich ingredients and conflicting flavours in one dish - regardless of the price, it just sounds like overkill to me. This pizza is the culinary equivalent of a massive gold chunky identity bracelet or a Footballers' Wives style mock Tudor home... it just goes to show that money can't buy good taste.
Colin W, Stockholm.
Youve got it in one "again" Its time that we stopped all this stupidity buying this outrageous food Ect.When i see kids and older people around my city struggling to make ends meet? 2grand to rub peoples noses in it? That would buy me a better car and have plenty of change? .I think people with this sort of money to burn should think before they do these stupid stunts? Think of others in your communities? people who are living on the streets .If you need to go and buy a takeaway and give the rest to somebody who needs some help?? (i know what you are all thinking ) i need a different car but no doubt ill have to wait and keep saving?????
I bet this chef didn't use the rule - "If its not at your door within 30 Minutes you get it free"
Aw, aint that lovely, he did all that for his wife
My partner bought me a box of chocolates.......
I've seen it in "Tasty's" on Washway Road yeah it's on the 12" Pizza Menu and you get a free bottle of coke too! lol!
the pizza was made to raise funds for charity. fair play to everyone involved i say. its their money, let them spend it how they want.
what a joke. im only sad as i didnt get a thing from my hubby of 15 years!!!!!at least my other man got me roses!!
Hi jimbo,
Send me a Large meat Pie.
Ditto Mrs S, I got nothing either, some men have jsut got it so right and some have got it all wrong! (i'm so not bitter)
Ace Riley - So you do have a heart! Your comments normally offend myself! but today you have impressed me, Well Done! Ha Ha!
Dan, South Reddish.
The reason im so anoyed at times is because i see this sort of thing every day?I see people being refused life saving medicine,as the same time as i read that we allow immigrants legal aid that costs thousands to fight our immigration service? And how prisoners are given a choice of meals and what games they want for their play station Ect when on the same page that we have pensioners being left to fend for themselves and they freeze to death. This is why i hate this government/councils. So yes sometimes my heart shows through (not very often)heeheheh
Ace, how to sum up Britain so concisely. A depressing tale of poverty and neglect.
this was dun fr charity so wat is everywuns problim wiv it there is nothin wrong wiv peepul givin to charity this is jus a diffrent way ov doin it, stop gettin all angry it is a fun story, let us chill an giv money to charity thank u