Best job? Easter egg taster eats 130 chocolate bars a week
IF YOU are a fan of sweet treats then this woman’s job will leave a bitter taste in your mouth.
Alex Emerson-White, 27, munches her way through 130 bars of chocolate a week in her role as the Easter egg taster for Marks & Spencer.
She travels the world f or M&S and selects the perfect ingredients to go into the store’s confectionary - most of which is hand-made in the UK and Ireland.
This year, some of the delicious treats Alex has been testing include the 1.5kg Giant Golden Lattice Egg and of course the children’s favourite Percy the Pig egg.
Alex said: “It varies in terms of week-to-week but I can eat 50 or 60 pieces of chocolate, it all adds up to about five kilos.
“I go to the gym before work four times a week to keep fit and healthy”
“But I can’t complain, I have a brilliant j ob where I get to eat chocolate all day. My friends are always asking for samples.”
Alex said she is now planning for Easter 2016 but this year M&S have some star attractions both for the kids and the big kids.
She said: “This year we thought a lot about giving a single Easter egg rather than as many as possible, especially for the adults.
“This year we have the Limited Edition Giant Golden Lattice Egg. We wanted a showstopping egg that not only looked amazing but tasted divine.
“We’ve been working on perfecting the egg for years but the intricate structure and time it takes to make the egg means we can only make so many.
“We’ve made the chocoholics’ dream come true this Easter - make sure you snap it up before it sells out.
“It weighs 1.5kg and only 7,500 have been created. Each egg takes over an hour to make and is hand-made and decorated by twelve skilled chocolatiers who are trained to work solely on this egg.”