Pizza topped with gold set to break record for charity

A CHEF has created what could be the world’s most expensive pizza — sprinkled with gold.

The pizza is topped with champagne-soaked caviar and lobster marinated in the finest cognac, and creator Domenico Crolla said it is worth more then £1,500 (€2,230).

The award-winning restaurateur from Glasgow hopes to make at least that figure as he auctions it off for charity.

The 12-inch pizza features an organic base spread with a sun-blush tomato sauce. Further toppings include Scottish smoked salmon and medallions of venison.

The creation is finished off with edible 24-carat gold shavings.

It has been named the Pizza Royale 007 after the expensive tastes of suave agent James Bond.

Mr Crolla said: “If any pizza was made to suit 007, this is it. Everyone loves a pizza as a treat, and this should be a real luxury experience.”

The pizza was created to raise funds for the Fred Hollows Foundation, which aims to prevent curable blindness in developing countries.

It is hoped the sale on internet auction website eBay will make at least £2,000 (€2,970).