Flora Montgomery husband Soren Jessen is a banker turned Restaurateur. Soren currently owns three restaurants in London.
Soren is also the executive chairman of Jessen & Co Ltd Restaurants, a company with over 25 years of experience in building and managing high-end restaurants in London, United Kingdom. The company's LinkedIn profile states, they build and sell top-end restaurants while retaining some of their products.
The restauranteur mogul is married to his partner Flora Montogomery. Flora is an Irish actress best known for her appearance in Netflix's The Crown as Norma Major, the character based on former British prime minister Sir John Major's wife.
Flora made her acting debut as Susan Fisher in the 1995 television series The Governor. She has since amassed 51 acting credits on her IMDb profile. Apart from The Crown, her other notable acting credits includes A Very English Scandal, Wodehouse in Exile, and The Family Firm, among others.
The actress has a lasting and prominent imprint on the Irish theater industry. She has performed numerous renowned theater acts including Miss Julie, Uncle Vanya, Hamlet, The Reckoning, and Dinner, among numerous others. She has also recorded many radio-plays as well.
Soren Jessen Is The Founder of Jessen & Co Restaurants
Flora Montgomery husband Soren Jessen is the executive chairman and founder of Jessen & Co Restaurants. He also owns the iconic 1 Lombard Street.
Soren initially started his career as an investment banker at Merrill Lynch in April 1988. According to his LinkedIn profile, Jessen spent two years at the firm before moving on to Goldman Sachs as an executive director and finally worked for UBS before calling quits from investment banking.
However, the food-lover had already started his transition into the restaurant and food business before bidding farewell to the banking sector. He worked part-time at Atlantic Bar & Grill and Coast Restaurants as a financial backer and financial advisor between 1994 and 1998. Atlantic Bar & Grill made £10 million in its first year drawing him to the restaurant business.
After letting go of his career in the investment and banking sector, Soren opened his first establishment 1 Lombard Street Restaurant, Bar & Brasserie in August of 1998. He got a lucky start, as he explains during an interview with Luxury London.
1 Lombard Street, named after the address, had some complications establishing. The venue was previously owned and used by a bank so Jessen had to build a professional kitchen out of scratch and the reinforced concrete of the Vault compelled the renovators to work around it. Nonetheless, the restaurant celebrates its Silver jubilee in August 2023.
Soren is a Danish native but has called London his home for more than three decades now. He looks forward to establishing Danish cuisines in heart of London with his restaurants.
Flora Montgomery And Soren Jessen Got Married In 2014
Flora and Soren got married on August 30, 2014. They had a star-studded guest list at their wedding.
The couple tied their knot at Flora's ancestral grounds in Northern Ireland. Their nuptial was held at the bride's parental home in Greyabbey, County Down, Northern Ireland.
Their guest list featured Danish actors, including Orlando Bloom, Kronprins Frederik, and Kronprinsesse Mary. Crown Princess of Denmark Mary and her husband, Crown Prince Frederik, was also among the attendees of the wedding, according to Daily Mail.
The bride wore a beautiful white-laced wedding dress with a cathedral-length veil. She carried a beautiful colorful bouquet to complete her attire. Her groom was much more casual and wore a black coat with grey pants and a cardigan sweater.
Despite the pouring rain on their wedding, the couple appeared to be chuffed to bits. In a YouTube montage video of their marriage, Flora is seen winking at the audience as she keeps a prominent smile on her face.
Flora Has Two Kids With Soren Jessen
Soren and Flora Montgomery kids include two beautiful daughters Agnes Jessen and Clemmie Jessen.
The couple welcomed their elder daughter Agnes on July 26, 2016. Agnes is already 6 and takes care of her little sister. Announcing the arrival of their first child, Soren shared an Instagram post with Agnes's picture and wrote in the caption saying she arrived after a long wait. He also thanked Flora.
The father and daughter spend time in the kitchen preparing meals for the family during their leisure time. They are also seen going on vacations and enjoying a day out on Soren's Instagram account frequently.
Their second daughter Clemmie was born in late January or early February in 2019. Soren shared an image of Flora and their daughter Clemmie on valentine's day 2019 thanking his wife for the best present ever.
Agnes and Clemmie are very close to one another. Agnes is seen feeding Clemmie from time to time on the internet. However, the couple prefers keeping their personal and family life away from the internet and does not share much information about their family.
Flora was born to her parents William Howard Clive Montgomery and Daphne Bridgeman. She has an older brother Hugh Geoffrey Clive Montgomery and two older sisters Rose Evelyn Montgomery and Frances Mary Montgomery.
However, information about Soren's family details is not available. He has not revealed anything about his father or his mother on the internet.
The Couple Has A Substantial Social Media Presence
Jessen is found on Instagram with his username @sorenulrikjessen. He has 1.3k followers on his profile and has shared 684 posts with his followers. Soren is seen sharing images of his restaurants and his family outings on his picture-sharing social media account.
The restauranteur is also active on Facebook with his username @soren.u.jessen. The businessman has 1.4k friends on his Facebook account. He shares mouth-watering images of delicacies on his Facebook profile along with his political views.
He also has a verified Twitter account under his username @SorenUJessen. He has 547 followers and has made 1.7k tweets on the social media platform. He does not seem to be much active on his Twitter account compared to his other social media accounts.
Flora Montogomery is found on Instagram with her username @flossymont. She has 447 followers and 73 posts on her private social media account. She is also found on Facebook with her username @flora.montgomery.94 but has kept everything private. She does not appear to be much of a social media personality.
