Jasmine Birtles
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This one really sounds too good to be true but we assure you, it isn’t: you can actually be paid to eat chocolate!here. It’s worth bearing in mind that you’ll need to be adept at working collaboratively with others, and that you’ll be given full training to help you develop your taste buds and learn specific vocabulary to describe what you’re tasting. If that all sounds fun, go ahead and apply!
Right now Mondelez International, the company that owns Cadbury, Milka and Oreo, is looking for three chocolate tasters to work part-time (8 hours a week) at their Wokingham plant. Successful applicants will need to go through a 3 day chocolate screening process to test their taste buds, which sounds like fun on its own! You will be tasting, describing and providing feedback on Mondelēz products, so you’ll need to be able to articulate clearly and with consistency the products you’re tasting. They’re keen to fill the roles as soon as possible, ideally before the end of June, so if you think you fit the bill, applyIf you would like to hear more ways to get paid to eat then check this handy post here.