{"id":1634,"date":"2012-07-16T11:50:55","date_gmt":"2012-07-16T11:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?1634"},"modified":"2012-07-16T11:50:55","modified_gmt":"2012-07-16T11:50:55","slug":"chocolate-taster-forced-to-step-down-over-health-fears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/chocolate-taster-forced-to-step-down-over-health-fears\/","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate taster forced to step down over health fears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For a lot of people, their ideal job would be chocolate tasting.<\/p>\n<p>Getting paid to sample different bars of chocolate does sound like a pretty good gig, but Angus Kennedy is being forced to quit this role.<\/p>\n<p>The 47-year-old, who was on &pound;30,000 a year, has been warned by doctors that his cholesterol is dangerously high as a result of consuming 2lbs of goodies every day.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, the sweet stuff aficionado has piled on two stone since landing the role back in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Eating chocolate for a living really was the dream job. I was given a golden ticket to sample the world's craziest, tastiest new goodies and review them in the magazine,&quot; Mr Kennedy stated.<\/p>\n<p>He added a recent health check had discovered his arteries were no longer in good shape.<\/p>\n<p>It seems that all good things do have to come to an end, but I'm sure there will be plenty of takers for his job.<\/p>\n<p>Posted by Mark Wilkins<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ADNFCR-2867-ID-801407932-ADNFCR\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.directnews.co.uk\/feedtrack\/justcopyright.gif?feedid=2867&amp;itemid=801407932\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Angus Kennedy put on two stone in two years as a chocolate taster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5058,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - 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