80 Foods That Cost Over $1,000

There’s comfort food, there’s “I got promoted” food, and then there’s mind-blowing, outrageously priced extravagance.

For mere mortals like us, just seeing these decadent food items spread out on a table is an experience in and of itself. (Except when it’s Gordon Ramsay doing the reveal, in which case you’ll be doing a dinner service while enduring verbal abuse.)

Here’s some food for thought: Why exactly are these dishes and drinks so expensive? Is it because they’re made from rare ingredients (no, not that kind of rare)? Or is it simply because they reflect the preferences of society’s top 5%?

We’ll tell you this much right now: If we could afford moose cheese and Screaming Eagle wine on the regular, we’d elevate our taste buds, too.

To find out which food and beverages will set you back by $1,000 or more, check out the list below.

1907 Heidsieck wine
$275,000
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1996 Chateau Lafite Rothschild
$3,000
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2000 Vintage Côte de Boeuf
$3,200
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24K Gold Pizza (Industry Kitchen, New York City)
$2,000 per pie
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Acqua di Cristallo Tributo a Modigliani
$60,000 per 750 ml
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Alba White Truffles
$50,000 per kg
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Albino Sturgeon Caviar
$34,500 per kg
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Almas Beluga Caviar
$3200-$4500 per pound
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Atlantic Bluefin Tuna
$1,800,000
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Baby Eels from Maine
$2,000 per pound
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Balsamico Vinegar Made in Modena
$4,000 per liter
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Berco’s Billion Dollar Popcorn
$2,500 for a 6.5 gallon tin
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Black Watermelon (Densuke Melon)
$6,000
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Bluefin Tuna
$5,000 per pound
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Cadbury Wispa Gold Chocolate Bar
$1,600 per bar
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Chateau Margaux 1787
$500,000
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Chocolate Pudding (Burger Brasserie, Lindeth Howe Country House Hotel)
$35,000
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Chocopologie by Knipschildt Chocolatier of Connecticut
$2,600 per pound
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Christmas Cake with 223 Diamond Pieces (Takashimaya, Tokyo)
$1,720,000
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Craftsteak’s Ribeye Steak
$2,800
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Cronut Dum Dum Donutterie
$1,900
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Da Hong Pao Tea
$27,000 for 20 grams of tea leaves
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Decadent Cupcake (golden cupcake)
$1,300 a piece
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Domenico Pizza Royale
$4,200
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Edible Gold Leaf
$70,000 per kg
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Ethical Foie Gras
$1,232 per kg
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Fleur Burger 5000 (Las Vegas)
$5,000 (includes a bottle of Chateau Petrus wine, worth $2,500)
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Gold Leaf-Covered Tomahawk
$1,000
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Golden Opulence Sundae (Serendipity 3, New York)
$1,000
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Golden Phoenix Cupcake (Dubai)
$1,007
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Golden Sushi by Filipino Chef Angelito Araneta Jr.
Five pieces cost almost $2,000
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Grand Velas Los Cabos Taco
$25,000
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Iberico Ham (Jamón Iberico de Bellota)
$4,500 per leg
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Ice Cream Sundae (Baccarat Hotel, New York City)
$1,500
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Japanese Matsutake Mushroom
$2,000 per kg
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Kopi Luwak Coffee Beans
Between $250 and $1,200 per kg
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Krispy Kreme Donut at Selfridges
Over $1,000
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La Bonnotte Potatoes
$1,102 per kg
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Ley.925 Pasión Azteca Ultra-Premium Añejo Tequila
$150,000
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Louis XIII Pizza (Renato Viola, Salerno, Italy)
$12,000
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Macallan 92-Year-Old Scotch
$1,600,000
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Moose Cheese
$1,000 per kg
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New York City Bagel by Westin Hotel Chef Frank Tujague
$1,000 per piece
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Parmigiano Reggiano Cheese
$1,000 per wheel of cheese
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Pineapple from Cornwall, England
$15,000
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Polmard Cote de Boeuf (Beef Steak)
$1,454 per pound
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Posh Pie (Lord Dudley Hotel, Sydney Australia)
$9,484
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Pule Donkey Cheese
$1,700 per pound
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Radisson Blu Edwardian Hotel Pancake
$1,250
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Real Madagascar Vanilla
$4,000 per pound
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Ruby Roman Grapes
$10,000 for a bunch
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Saffron
$1,000-$11,000 per kg
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Samundari Khazana Curry (Bombay Brasserie, London)
$3,200
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Screaming Eagle Wine
$500,000
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Strottarga Bianco Caviar
A single teaspoon can cost as much as $37,000
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Sublimotion Tasting Menu (Ibiza, Spain)
$2,000 per person
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Super Negin Saffron
$2,204 per kg
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Swallow’s Nest Soup
$3,000 per kg
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Swiftlet Nests
$10,000
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Tayo-to-Tamango Mangoes (Grown in Japan)
$3,000 a pair
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Thanksgiving Dinner (The Old Homestead Steakhouse, New York City)
$76,000
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The Fence Gate Inn Meat Pie (Lancashire, England)
$15,900 for eight slices
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The Fortress Stilt Fisherman Indulgence (The Fortress Resort and Spa, Sri Lanka)
$14,500
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The Frrrozen Haute Chocolate Ice Cream Sundae (Serendipity 3, New York)
$25,000
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The Glamburger (The Honky Tonk Restaurant, Chelsea)
$1,700
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The Golden Cannoli (Chef Jasper Mirabile Jr.)
$26,010
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The Luxury Pizza (Nino Selimaj)
$1,000
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The Ultra Premier Hot Dog (Tokyo Dog)
$2,300
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The World’s Most Expensive Cake (from British designer Debbie Wingham)
$75 million
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To’ak Guayasamín Chocolate
$4,500 for 500 grams
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Tullibardine Whiskey (1952)
$41,000
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TWG Yellow Gold Tea Buds (Singapore-based tea manufacturer)
$3,000 per 100 grams
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Urasawa Tasting Menu (Beverly Hills, California)
$1,111 per person for a 30-course omakase tasting menu
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Wagyu Beef (from Matsusaka in Mie Prefecture, Japan)
A Matsusaka cow once sold for around $400,000.
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White Gold Caviar (Albino Sturgeon)
$40,000 per teaspoon
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White Truffle and Gold Pizza (Margo’s Pizzeria, Valletta, Malta)
$2,420
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Yam Cemani Black Chicken
$2,500 per chicken
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Yartsa Gunbu
$50,000 per pound
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Yubari King Melons
$29,000 for two
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Zillion Dollar Lobster Frittata (Norma’s in Le Parker Meridien Hotel)
Over $1,000
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