A new dream breakfast taster job has been advertised in Leeds where the company will literally pay you to try out different breakfasts across the city.
Yes, it sounds too good to be true we know - but it's legit, and we expect there will be a lot of applications for this one. We all love a good breakfast, after all. It's the most important meal of the day and all that.
If successful, you'll be judging 'builder's breakfast's on a number of factors including the ratio of items (hugely important, we think we can all agree), how appetising the breakfast's appearance is and the quality of produce and how it's been cooked.
The fry ups at the Riveresque Cafe in Leeds look absolutely epic / Image: Brazenell
You'll also be asked to judge whether you think the breakfast is good value for money and the overall taste of each dish you try.
The paid job will see you visiting different breakfast spots around Leeds and giving your opinions on what constitutes the city's best breakfast.
Advertised by MyJobQuote, the 'professional breakfast tester' role is paid at £250 a breakfast with expenses such as local travel and food also covered by the company.
Another huge looking builders fry up from the Riveresque Cafe / Image: fr__performance
After you've been for breakfast, you'll be asked to fill out a dedicated section on the MyJobQuote website to report back on your findings.
Open to residents from the UK aged eighteen years or over, the full job listing reads:
"MyJobQuote are on the hunt for Britain’s best builder’s breakfast and are offering to pay one lucky individual to help them find the perfect one.
"That’s right, we’re looking for one brekkie mad brickie to taste test the most important meal of the day... and receive £250 for doing so.
"We’re looking for breakfast testers in each of the following areas to battle it out:
Newcastle
Leeds
Manchester
Liverpool
Birmingham
Bristol
Southampton
Plymouth
"Do you think you have what it takes to discover and crown the best builders breakfast in the UK?!
"The successful candidate will need to judge the breakfasts on the following criteria:
"How appetising is the appearance; breakfast item ratio; auality of produce and cookery; the overall taste; value for money.
"To enter, simply click the button below, fill out the form and let us know why you would be perfect for the job.
"We’ll read every single entry so make sure your application is creative!"
To get your application in and become Leeds' chief builder's breakfast tester, click here.
She's big, she's green and she's ready to ruin your figure.
A lot of you will have seen the viral ‘Bertha’ cake by Leeds born beloved sweet treat specialists Get Baked.
They recently opened another site in Manchester's Northern Quarter, where queues literally formed round the block of hungry punters wanting to get their hands on the infamous sugary treats.
And now it's going to happen all over again, as they've recently unveiled their newest flavour which is sure to go down a storm.
We’ll give you a hint: it’s a current food and drink trend that’s about as big as Bertha herself – it’s not matcha, it’s not hot honey (duh), and it’s not Guinness…
Images: Get Baked
Yes—scratch that; HELL YES!Get Baked is set to welcome Bertha’s equally beautiful twin sister, and she’s officially a pistachio girlie.
Having started out life simply as ‘Bruce’, after taking inspiration from the iconic scene from Matilda, this thing has become a phenomenon in its own right, and who doesn’t like more flavours of a good thing?
Probably one of the biggest foodie crazes going at the minute, thanks to the popularity of pistachio cream, cookies, lattes and the similar social media sensation that is the ‘Dubai Pistachio Bar' people are rather fittingly going nuts for this particular flavour of almost absolutely anything.
With that in mind, the Leeds-born bakery and dessert shop – founded by Rich Myers over in Headingley back in 2011 – have shown no hesitation in hopping on the bandwagon and creating a new twist on their own viral menu item.
Teasing the full details in a post on their Instagram this week, they wrote: “What’s big, green, and is going to destroy your life in a couple of weeks’ time? Pistachio Bertha. Strictly limited to 5,000 slices. Coming oh so soon. GB.”
In case you were wondering just how mad those with a sweet tooth could possibly go for a slice of cake, just look at the recent queues when they finally launched in Manchester city centre:
Speaking on the grand opening here on our turf and his partner Amy’s hometown, Myers said simply: “Manchester, what a launch. Thanks for much for the warm welcome. Stay baked.”
Leeds Tattoo Expo to return to the First Direct Arena for 10th anniversary
Clementine Hall
The tenth annual Leeds Tattoo Expo will showcase some of the best in tattooing both local and internationally.
If you fancy getting yourself a fancy new bit of ink, then look no further than the iconic Leeds Tattoo Expo that will be returning to the First Direct Arena this June.
Taking place on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 June 2025, over 200 tattooists and 70 traders will be flocking to the city to show off their skills.
And not only that, but there’ll also be a whole host of market traders for you to browse as well as live music to have a boogie to.
The artists will be tattooing with options for both pre-booked appointments and walk ups available throughout the weekend.
Image: Leeds Tattoo Expo
There will also be a piercer, tooth gems and a henna artist ready to adorn your body.
Alongside getting tattooed, there’s plenty to do and to see over the whole weekend; there'll be an alternative drawing class, an illustrators market with kids’ workshops provided by Art Gecko, an art fusion event on the main stage, burlesque performances and competitions, a small vintage clothing pop-up, fire breathing and break dancing demonstrations in the square outside the arena.
The annual tattoo competitions will also be taking place each evening, where tattooists showcase their work to a panel of judges, sponsored by Killer Ink!
To celebrate Leeds Tattoo Expo's tenth anniversary, they'll be hosting a Pre-Party at Belgrave Music Hall on Thursday 5 June which is a completely free entry event complete with live music and free pizza.
You can find out more about the event and book your tickets here via the First Direct Arena's website.
Georgina Pellant -
11th August 2021 
