Getting paid to taste test crisps every single day sounds like a dream - but for research and development director Emma Wood, it's actually her reality. Emma's job is to bring unusual flavour combinations to life and transform the nation's favourite meals into single bites - think cheeseburger, tomato ketchup and chocolate flavoured crisps.
When Walkers invited me down to their Leicester factory to shadow Emma for the day, I couldn't believe my luck. "I've worked on briefs as weird and wonderful as chilli chocolate and ranch raccoon," Emma told me on arrival. She's been at PepsiCo for 17 years and tried and tasted it all - but surprisingly salt & vinegar is still her personal fave.
