Guinness World Record Sandwich Costs $214

YOU cannot BRIE serious - the world’s most expensive cheese sandwich costs a whooping £140

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Videographer / Director: Ruaridh Connellan
Producer: Dan Howlett
Editor: Sonia Estal

Serious cheddar: The rare ingredients in the sandwich make it so expensive

But hungry punters will have to Caerphilly plan their expedition to the exclusive Serendipity 3 in New York City – as the sandwich needs to be ordered 48 hours in advance.

UnBRIElievable: The sandwich costs a staggering $214

For the grate-ing price tag cheese lovers receive a 24-carat gold edged grilled cheese sandwich with lobster bisque served in a baccarat crystal glass.

Camembert over: Chefs require 48 hours notice to make the sandwich

But it gets Feta - the bread is baked using Dom Perignon Champagne and brushed with truffle oil that contains flecks of edible gold.

Gouda try this: The sandwich is edged with 24 carat edible gold

Dom Perignon: The bread is made using champagne

It is then layered with grass-fed white truffle butter before slices of the extremely rare Caciocavallo Podolico cheese – which is aged in caves - are added.

Simplistic taste: The expensive ingredients are heated up in a standard panini maker

However, it appears some people couldn’t give Edam about the expensive sandwich. Elizabeth McCormick, from Wilmington, Delaware, said: “It’s really nice but I’ve got children to put through college so I don’t think I’d eat them regularly.

Caerphilly does it: The sandwich is served with a lobster bisque on a fragile baccarat crystal plate

“It’s pretty incredible that any sandwich – particularly a cheese sandwich - could cost so much money.”

The cheese is made in Southern Italy from the milk of the Podolica cow, which feed on fennel, liquorice, juniper and wild strawberries.

World record: The quintessential cheese sandwich is the most expensive on the planet

Once it’s fully prepared the sandwich is placed into a Panini maker and cut into triangles before being edged in the edible gold.

Too pricey: The quintessential grilled cheese is not a top seller at the exclusive restaurant

Chef and creator Joe Calderone at the exclusive Serendipity 3, said: “We wanted to create the world’s most expensive sandwich and decided to make it a grilled cheese – because that is the quintessential sandwich.

Cave aged: The Caciocavallo Podolico is one of the most expensive varieties in the world

“We don’t sell an awful lot of these sandwiches but people are never disappointed when they order one.

“The flavors are extremely rich but it is satisfying.

Couldn't give Edam: Some New Yorkers were put off by the hefty price tag

“I truly believe that people have Gouda try this sandwich.”

The famous Serendipity 3 restaurant in New York City’s Upper East Side has served some of the world’s biggest stars over its 60-year history from Marilyn Monroe and Grace Kelly to Beyonce and Jay Z.