I don’t usually start a restaurant story off by referencing Jordan, aka Katie Price, but I recently read that she is reportedly worth a bomb of cash. I was baffled by this as I didn’t actually know what she did for a living apart from being a former Page 3 Topless model that cavorted around the world with her husband Peter Andre and kids. I queried my friends, they too were unaware of how this fortune materialised. It wasn’t until my sister forwarded me an article from the NY Times about Bluebird cafe, after we had dined there, that a satisfactory explanation was offered regarding Jordan’s fortune. And how is Jordan related to Bluebird cafe? Jordon was interviewed there and this evening, my sister and her friends Candy and Mark dine at BlueBird cafe, a Conran restaurant in fashionable Chelsea. See? It was related, although I’m betting you thought I’d lost my mind.

Like all things Conran, it looks spectacular. We’re confronted by a large white building (a converted 1930’s garage) in prime real estate position on Chelsea’s Kings Road and to the right there is a shop and to the left is a smaller cafe and upstairs is the restaurant. We expect to be directed to the smaller cafe but instead are shown upstairs to the huge restaurant with stunning flower arrangements and decor. There is a bunch of “suits” around the bar area and we’re asked three times by the ponytailed matching outfitted Robert Palmer “Addicted to Love” women at the door whether we need anything checked at the cloakroom. After the third time, one of them rushes forward to tell the other that we’ve already been asked.

We’re shown to our table in the centre of the room, apparently they had wanted to seat us near the kitchen but a quick word to the staff and we had been relocated to a better table. The bread is decent and we’re choosing from the 3 course menu for £18.50.

The menu

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