Chocoholics, take note: Scottish firm Mackies is recruiting for a chief chocolate taster for its new Aberdeenshire factory.
But, of course, there’s a catch. The chief taster role seems to be more of an honorary title than a proper vocation: payment is listed as seven bars of chocolate per week.
Westertown-based Mackies, founded in 1912, published an ad on its website saying: “Applicants must have the ability to act like a kid in a sweetie shop and will be tasked with inventing a top new flavour combination that will be transformed into the ultimate chocolate bar when the new £600,000 factory opens in Aberdeenshire next year.”
As well as the free chocolate, the firm is offering “a trip to our family farm for a chocolate immersion session with the resident experts,” and a “performance bonus if/when your chocolate creation flies off the shelves.”
Kirstin McNutt, head of development at Mackies, told The Scotsman: “We really are recruiting a chief chocolate taster for twelve months. Mackie’s is committed to everyday indulgence, offering delicious treats including ice-cream, thick-cut crisps and, of course, chocolate.”
“At the moment, our chocolate comes in four flavours – milk, honeycomb, dark and Scottish mint. With our brand new factory being capable of making more than five million bars annually, we want to share the sweet success with creative candidates who have a taste for bringing us new interesting flavours.”
If you’re interested, you’ve got until 3 December to apply.
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