Saturday, December 20, 2014
Most expensive Christmas hamper: VeryFirst To breaks Guinness World Records' record
LONDON, UK -- The world's most decadent Christmas hamper has been put together by VeryFirstTo; the luxury hamper is filled with some of the finest foods and drinks from around the globe, including the very rare Almas caviar, which would set you back £6,250 alone; You can also expect to find a £30,000 bottle of Jules Robin 1789 Cognac, and a Moet Chandon Dom Perignon 1961 'Charles & Diana' Magnum costing £7,000; the hamper also contain a £630 8kg Joselito Gran Reserva Ham, and a designer Roberto Cavalli Lemon And Gianduja Chocolate Wafer Cake; priced at $134,000, it sets the new world record for the Most expensive Christmas hamper,
according to the World Record Academy: www.worldrecordacademy.com/.
Photo: Available from VeryFirstTo.com, the World's Most Expensive Hamper contains some of the most expensive foodstuffs ever produced, including a rare caviar, goose foie gras, champagne fit for a royal wedding, and cognac that's been ageing smoothly since 1789. (enlarge photo)
The Guinness World Records' record for the most expensive pizza, commercially available, is a thin-crust, wood fire-baked pizza topped with onion puree, white truffle paste, fontina cheese, baby mozzarella, pancetta, cep mushrooms, freshly picked wild mizuna lettuce and garnished with fresh shavings of a rare Italian white truffle, itself worth £1,400 (then $2,500) per 1 kg (2 lb 3 oz). Depending upon the amount of truffles available each season, the pizza is regularly sold at £100 (then $178) each to customers of Gordon Ramsey's Maze restaurant, London, UK.
Guinness World Records also recognized the world record for the most expensive leg of ham commercially available; it is a 7 kg (15 lb) heavy Albarragena Jamon Iberico de Bellota retailing at £1,800 ($2,682) and is sold at the Food Hall in Sefridges, London, UK as of 17 January 2010 The 7kg (15lb) ham leg comes with its own DNA certificate as proof of authenticity.
Available from VeryFirstTo.com, the hamper contains some of the most expensive foodstuffs ever produced, including a rare caviar, goose foie gras, champagne fit for a royal wedding, and cognac that's been ageing smoothly since 1789
The hamper also contains a tin of Love 2014 Saint James Prunier Cavier (you're really paying for the Yves Saint Laurent design on the tin); The Glenlivet vintage 1964 scotch; 25-year-old balsamic vinegar; acorn-fed Iberian Chorizo; two Versace champagne flutes and a mother of pearl caviar serving dish and spoons.
VeryFirstTo have also guaranteed that a donation of £1,000 will be made to The Prince's Trust charity should the hamper be purchased.
"This is a truly remarkable hamper that overshadows any that has ever been created," says Marcel Knobil, who founded VeryFirstTo. The website was set up to alert rich people when a new luxury item is ready to be launched, so they can be first in the queue to nab the coveted item.
HAMPER CONTENTS
FOOD
250g Golden Almas Iranian Caviar £6,250
250g Love 2014 Saint James Prunier caviar £790 310g Rougie Bloc of Goose Foie Gras with Truffles £100
600g Duck Foie Gras £98
100g Black Winter Truffles (Grade A) £140
100g White Truffles (Grade A) £275
Long Clawson Blue Stilton £10
2kg Bleu Du Vercors-Sassenage, Whole Wheel, £109
Smoked Salmon £23.50
1kg Joselito Chorizo Iberico Bellota £50
8kg Joselito Gran Reserva Ham £630
Blini (Minis) £4.95
Roberto Cavalli Lemon And Gianduja Chocolate Wafer Cake £49.95
The 'BIG' Box of Chocolates £48
Christmas Cake £40
Carved Angel Christmas Pudding £32
DRINK
Cognac Jules Robin 1789 £30,000
The Glenlivet 17,995
1x Moet Chandon Dom Perignon 1961 'Charles & Diana' Magnum £7,000
1x 2002 Romanee Conti Romanee-Conti; Domaine de la Burgundy £8,671
1x 2002 Le Montrachet Blain-Gagnard; J-M £4,038
NON-ALCOHOLIC
100g TWG White Christmas Tea £59
300g Charbonnel et Walker Hot Chocolate £7
CONDIMENTS
10cl Terre Bormane Vinegar Tradizionale di Modena 25 years £184.95
500ml Lambda Olive Oil £50
250g Plantin White Truffle Butter £24.95
Rose Champagne Jelly £12.50
Cartwright & Butley Onion Chutney £4
ACCESSORIES
2 x Versace Champagne Flutes £580
Cedes Milano Mother Of Pearl Bottle Opener £265
2x Mother Of Pearl Caviar Spoons £49
1 x Mother of Pearl Caviar Serving Dish £29
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