A New York restaurant has created the world's most expensive sandwich - costing $214 each.

Edged in 24-carat gold, the upmarket take on a classic grilled cheese is made with the finest ingredients such as champagne, lobster and truffle oil.

The extravagant snack must be ordered at least 48 hours in advance to give chefs at the exclusive Serendipity 3, based in New York, plenty of time to prepare the masterpiece.

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This New York sandwich has been named the most expensive in the world - costing a hefty $214

A hungry punter, Gabriela Simmons, tucks into the Quintessential Grilled Cheese Sandwich at Serendipity 3 restaurant

Edged in 24-carat gold, the upmarket take on a classic grilled cheese is made with the finest ingredients such as champagne, lobster and truffle oil

Quintessential Grilled Cheese features layers of the extremely rare Caciocavallo Podolico cheese which is aged in special caves.

The bread itself is baked using Dom Perignon Champagne and brushed with truffle oil that contains flecks of edible gold. White truffle butter is also smothered on the slices before its stuck on the grill.

Its edges are then covered in 24-carat gold leaf and the sandwich is served with a tomato and lobster bisque which is presented in a baccarat crystal glass.

Another happy customer: It may be expensive but customers at the celebrity hot spot love the record-breaking sandwich

Chef Joe Calderoni said he had created the unique sandwich as a way of adding a little luxury into everyone's favorite snack

Serendipity 3, which is popular with celebrities such as Beyonce and Jay Z, has now received a World Record for the Most Expensive Sandwich in the World

Serendipity 3, which is popular with celebrities such as Beyonce and Jay Z, has now received a World Record for the Most Expensive Sandwich in the World.

Chef Joe Calderoni said he had created the unique sandwich as a way of adding a little luxury into everyone's favorite snack.

'We came up with grilled cheese because that's the ultimate in comfort food. What better way to celebrate that sandwich than with the quintessential version of that sandwich?' he siad.

'We source the ingredients by looking for the finest and rarest ingredients in the world. And we try to put them together to create an ultimate experience in dining.

'The bread is baked with Dom Perignon champagne, some white truffle oil with the gold. Then our grass-fed butter infused with white truffles. Then we take caciocavallo cheese - it's very rare.'

Quintessential Grilled Cheese features layers of the extremely rare Caciocavallo Podolico cheese which is aged in special caves

Its edges are covered in 24-carat gold leaf and the sandwich is served with a tomato and lobster bisque which is presented in a baccarat crystal glass

Serendipity 3 also received a Guinness World Record for the world's most expensive burger in 2012.

Le Burger Extravagant, which cost $295, included Wagyu beef, hand-formed cheddar cheese, shaved black truffles, fried quail egg, white truffle-butter, Kaluga caviar and more - all speared with a solid gold ‘Fleur de Lis' toothpick encrusted with diamonds and designed by jeweler Euphoria New York.

However their title was stolen last year by London restaurant Honky Tonk's Glamburger which will set you back £1,100 ($1706.98).

Serendipity 3, a Manhattan café which played a starring role in the 2001 rom-com Serendipity, is also home to the $1,000-dollar Golden Opulence Sundae and the $69 haute dog made with truffle oil, foie gras and heirloom ketchup.