Travel the world and get paid to eat

How do you think you can travel the world and get paid?

What would be your dream job?

Do you spend most of your days thinking about your next meal? Do you love interesting foods and new tastes? A new exciting job is being advertised and it may be right up your street. And it is paying you a lot of money to travel the world trying new foods. The salary is a $65,000, and your job will be ‘Director of Taste’ for the company. You have to travel for a year and all your costs such as food and accommodation and travel are paid. Sometimes you will travel for 4 months at one time. You will work 35 hours per week and sick pay and 28 days holiday a year.

Your job will be to send back information about the foods you taste. You will have to  help set up overseas business partnerships to send back the new ingredients you find. This sounds like the dream job for you? It won’t be easy. You will need a few years’ experience in the food industry or as a chef. Those shortlisted will go through a rigorous interview process. And they must have a full background check, and will also be required to complete a test to discover your ability to taste.

This is a very unique and exciting job. But even though there are exciting perks the employer says the job is not easy. There are hundreds of ingredients and recipes across the world that haven’t been shown to people in the UK before. So they hope the new food taste traveler will be able to inspire some new and tasty recipes. They believe innovation is the most important. So they want someone with an innovative and creative mind to help increase their current recipes. Maybe this is your dream job?

Try to guess the meaning of the words in bold and match them with their closest meaning from the choices in the right. Some of the answers are very close and have similar meaning. The meaning of these words is how they are used in the reading. Some of these words have different meanings in the dictionary depending on how they are used.

 The answers are below the table.

A=1, B=7, C=4, D=2, E=8, F=5, G=3, H=6

Some example sentences using the new words or phrases from the meaning of how they are used in the reading to help you understand better.

1. 1. I really like H & M fashion, it is right up my street.

2. 2. Paris Baguette is setting up two new shops in my neighborhood.

3. 3. Then people were interviewed for the job and 5 have been shortlisted for the next interviews.

4. 4. Trying to get into a great university means rigorous study.

5. 5. This flower is unique to Korea.

6. 6. One of the perks of my part time job is free coffee.

7. 7. Mr Lee was a great teacher, he really inspired us to become smart.

8. 8. The iPad was a famous innovation.

    

Some questions using the new words/phrases. Try to use the words/phrases in your answer.

1. 1. What things do you think they (in the story) will shortlist applicants for? Do you think they will shortlist applicants only on food/cooking experience?

2. 2. What job would be right up your street? Why?

3. 3. Would you like to help set up a new business? What kind of business would you like to set up (if you answered yes)?

4. 4. Describe an experience in your life that has been rigorous? What did you learn or achieve?

5. 5. What is something unique about you that will be good for a job?

6. 6. What perks would you like in a job?

7. 7. Who inspires/inspired you?

8. 8. Describe what you think an innovative person is like?