Russian oligarch and sanctioned Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich once forked out a whopping £40,000 to have his favourite takeaway delivered from London to his resort in Azerbaijan.
The former Chelsea chief is believed to have carried out the stunt which saw sushi flown from his favourite London thousands of miles hangout to Baku.
It is believed the incident took place during the early days of Abramovich's reign during the early 2000s when he was becoming established with London's best restaurants.
His favourite was clearly the now closed Ubon restaurant, which was based in Canary Wharf and served up traditional Japanese food.
The billionaire enjoyed their dishes so much that while residing in Baku, he decided to have it delivered to his door internationally all the way from London, report Mirror Online.
Abramovich’s desire to tuck in was so strong that he asked one of his aides to put in an order for him thought to be worth around £1,200 before having the dishes flown out to him via private jet according to the Sunday Times.
Once it was cooked, the food was transferred by a chauffer-driven limousine to Luton airport and placed on to the plane - travelling more than 2500 miles across Europe before eventually feeding Abramovich and his close friends.
Not only did the entire plan set the then-Chelsea chief back by about £40,000 - he also would have had an incredibly lengthy wait in terms of delivery time. From London to Baku, the flight time alone is around five-and-a-half hours.
That does not factor in how long it would have taken to prepare the food, before eventually driving it to Luton and getting it off the plane and to the businessman once it had touched down on Baku soil.
Nowadays, Abramovich has far bigger problems to deal with than ferrying food across the continent after he was recently hit with sanctions imposed by the UK government as a result of his close ties with Russia president Vladimir Putin.
The oligarch had has assets frozen in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine at the tail-end of February - which in turn has led to a bidding war between various billionaires who are keen to succeed Abramovich as the next owner of Chelsea Football Club.
A consortium spearheaded by American businessman Todd Boehly is thought to be leading the pack.
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