Didier Drogba smashed his eighth goal in a Wembley final to win the FA Cup in a pulsating match against Liverpool.
Ashley Cole also picked up his seventh FA Cup winners medal as the Blues won 2-1.
The Ivory Coast hit an just loves the lush turf of the home of English football and his goal, Chelsea's second just after half-time was a classic piece of Drogba finishing.
Collecting a sublime ball from Frank Lampard, Drogba took one touch before arrowing a left footer past hapless Pepe Reina.
That added to Ramires's opener on 11 minutes put the Londoners into the driving seats.
Substitute Andy Carroll pulled Liverpool back into the game on 64 minutes and they piled n the pressure, but the Blue held firm to give Chelsea interim boss Oberto Di Matteo his first piece of silverware.
The Blues started the game well with Didier Drogba testing the water after 20 seconds, feeding off a pass from Frank Lampard, Drogba hit a speculative volley from 20 yards which screwed wide of Pepe Reina's goal.
With both side's set up for the counter-attack, the opening exchanges were cagy, but it was the Blues who took advantage after 11 minutes to open the scoring.
Jay Spearing lost possession in midfield to Juan Mata who produced an inch-perfect ball to Ramires.
The Brazil midfielder raced through the Liverpool rearguard from just inside their half, out-muscled Jose Enrique, before letting fly, from just inside their penalty, with a fierce right-footer which Reina could do nothing to stop.
Liverpool countered almost immediately, and following a fine right wing cross by ex-Blue Glen Johnson, the ball was was headed by Branislav Ivanovic into the path of Jordan Henderson. He unleashed a zipper of a shot which was goal-bound but for the block by centre-back Ivanovic.
To their credit, Liverpool did not panic, and regained the lion's share of possession -without looking as if they could penetrate the Chelsea defence.
The first yellow card of the game was brandished to Chelsea's Mikel for a late challenge on Steven Gerrard on 38 minutes as Liverpool went in search of the equaliser.
That was evened up a minute before half-time when Daniel Agger scythed down Mikel. Neither manager made any half-time.
John Terry almost scooped the ball into the net from six yards out when he was first to get to the ball from a Lampard corner on 48 minutes.
Liverpool responded by piling on he pressure and thought they had a penalty when a driving run by Gerard saw the England midfielder fall over in the penalty area but referee Phil Dowd waved away the appeal. Seconds later and the Blues were two up.
Lampard placed the ball perfectly to Drogba on the edge of the Liverpool box. The Ivory Coast hit man took one touch before planting a left footer across the path of Martin Skrtel, but more importantly Reina and the ball crept into the goalkeeper's left hand corner of the net.
A trademark Lampard 25-yard free kick almost produced dividends on 62 minutes but the shot went just wide of goal.
But Liverpool got a foothold back in the game a minute later. Jose Bosingwa, at right-back allowed himself to be dispossessed. The ball spun towards substitute Andy Carroll on the six-yard box.
The striker still had a lot of work to do. But he twisted and turned Terry before unleashing a venomous left footer high past Petr Cech into the roof of the Chelsea net.
With 18 minutes on the clock, Cech was forced into action again, this time turning a low daisy-cutter from Luis Suarez around his right post for a corner.
It was not a surprise that Chelsea interim boss Roberto Di Matteo made a change in midfield, replacing, on 76 minutes, tiring Ramires for ex-Red Raul Meireles.
Liverpool responded by bringing off Crag Bellamy for Dirk Kuyt.
Carroll thought he had equalised on 81 minutes when his free header from close range was miraculously prodded onto the crossbar by Cech. The ball bounced down but did not cross the line before being hacked away by Bosingwa
The Liverpool and in the 89,102 crowd thought it was in, but Dowd and his lineman made a vial, but correct decision.
With five minutes indicated by the fourth official, Di Matteo replaced Mata with French wiseman Florent Malouda.
Liverpool tried one more time to breach the Chelsea rearguard and the Blues held on to record their first trophy of the season.
Teams
Chelsea: Cech, Ivanovic, cole, Ramires, Lampard, mata, Drogba, Mikel, Bosingwa, Kalou, Terry.
Subs: Turnbull, Essien, Torres, Malouda, Meireles, Ferreira, Sturridge
Liverpool: Reina, Johnson, Enrique, Agger, Suarez, Gerrard, Henderson, Downing, Spearing, Skrtel, Bellamy
Subs: Carroll Rodriguez, Kuyt, Carragher, Doni, Shelvey, Kelly
Referee: Phil Dowd Ends