Last updated at 8:22 AM on 10th December 2011
This is the moment a businessman
Carl Weininger tucked into the world's most expensive dessert which
he bought for £22,000 to cheer himself up after he was dumped by
his girlfriend.
Mr Weininger, 60, splashed out
on the extravagant pudding as a 'pick-me-up' after she ended their
three year relationship.
The chocolate-laced pudding,
styled like a Faberge egg, is believed to have broken all previous
records with its list of ingredients including gold, champagne
caviar and a diamond.
Shelling out: Carl Weininger 60, bought the extravagant
pudding as a 'pick-me-up' after he split from his girlfriend of
three years
Mr Weininger took the pudding to
the Aviators' Ball, at Heathrow Terminal Five's Sofitel Hotel on
November 26, where lucky guests sampled the luxury dessert
Each mouthful cost around £800
and the whole dessert took just 15 minutes to devour.
Mr Weininger from Rugby,
Warkwickshire, admitted he bought the pudding to cheer himself up
after his relationship ended.
He said: 'Buying the dessert
was a real boost for my morale.
'I was dumped earlier this
year and felt this could be a decent pick-me-up
That's rich: The pudding, which he shared with other
excited diners, pictured, was made at Lindeth Howe Country House
Hotel in Windermere, Cumbria
'As someone who buys and sells
diamonds, I was also particularly attracted by the diamond that
came with it.
'It's not something you do
every day and the response has been overwhelmingly
positive.
'I'm not much of a chocolate
lover myself but all the women who tasted it said "Wow".
'It was absolutely delicious,
as you would expect, but only lasted 15 minutes but the flavours
will last in the memory forever.'
The pudding was made at
Lindeth Howe Country House Hotel in Windermere, Cumbria, which is
now awaiting confirmation of its place in the Guinness Book of
World Records.
Chef Marc Guilbert layered the
flamboyant pudding with a light biscuit joconde and champagne
jelly, infused with peach, orange and whiskey.
The 3in by 3in pudding was
encased in an outer coating made of bitter dark Belgian chocolate,
glazed with edible gold leaf and handmade flowers.
Called the 'Frozen Haute
Chocolate' the chocolate sundae was made from a blend of 28 cocoas
from all around the world, infused with five grams of edible
23-karat gold and served in a goblet lined with more edible
gold.
But the cherry on the top was
a two-carat diamond, supplied by the award-winning Wave
Jewellery.
The dessert also contained an
£18,000 gold bracelet and a gold spoon set with white
diamonds.
The eye-watering £22,000 price
tag smashed the previous world record set by New York's Serendipity
Restaurant, whose dessert cost £12,000.
Record: The eye-watering £22,000 price tag smashed the
previous world record set by New York's Serendipity Restaurant,
whose dessert cost £12,000
