British pop star Ellie Goulding enjoyed a smashing birthday dinner in Florida after the restaurant owners picked her to carry out their tradition of plate-breaking.

The Lights hitmaker celebrated her 28th birthday last Tuesday (30Dec14), and she enjoyed a belated celebration on Friday (02Jan15) at the Cleo South Beach Mediterranean eaterie during her vacation in the Sunshine State.

During dinner with her pop rocker boyfriend Dougie Poynter, Goulding was picked to take part in the owners' nightly tradition of plate-smashing and was cheered on by fellow diners as she broke the china, according to New York Post gossip column Page Six.