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Cost of lunch with Buffett new record at $2.63 mil.

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That’s one expensive feed.

The winning bidder for a private lunch with billionaire Warren Buffett has set a new record for the cost of dining with the investor, after pledging $2,626,411 for the meal, the Daily Mail reported Sarturday.

A total of two bidders entered eight bids in the online charity auction, which launched last Sunday with a starting pledge of $25,000.

The final bid was actually for just under $2.35million, but the anonymous winner added to that after the auction to surpass last year's winning bid by $111, organizers said.

The auction officially closed at 10:30pm EST on Friday.

Interest was much lower than last year, when nine bidders made a total of 77 bids for the luncheon.

That bid set a record for the most expensive charity item eBay ever sold.

A date has yet to be determined for the winner's lunch with Mr Buffet, 80, at famed Manhattan steakhouse Smith & Wollensky - where a steak lunch starts at $36.50.