It 's a job that would make a chocoholic green with envy - eating up to 130 bars of chocolate a week working as an Easter egg tester for Marks & Spencer . That 's what Alex Emerson-White has to munch her way through , consuming up to 13lbs of the brown stuff in just five days - and getting paid for it . But it 's all in a day 's work for the 27-year-old , who lives in London , as she travels the world selecting the perfect ingredients for the store 's confectionery - most of which is hand-made in the UK and Ireland . Alex Emerson White travels the world as an Easter egg taster and can get through 6kg of chocolate per week . However , Alex , who so far this year has been testing the luxurious 1.5kg Giant Golden Lattice and children 's favourite the Percy The Pig egg , does admit the job does come with a risk - and confesses to going to the gym four times a week to keep off the pounds . And , of course , her friends are always asking her for freebies . Alex said : 'It varies in terms of week-to-week but I can eat 50 or 60 pieces of chocolate , it all adds up to about five kilos . ' I go to the gym before work four times a week to keep fit and healthy . ' Although she can get through about 130 bars of chocolate a week , the 27-year-old goes to the gym before work four times a week to 'keep fit and healthy ' 'But I ca n't complain , I have a brilliant job where I get to eat chocolate all day . My friends are always asking for samples . ' Alex said she is now planning for Easter 2016 but this year M & S has some star attractions both for the kids and the big kids . She said : 'This year we thought a lot about giving a single Easter egg rather than as many as possible , especially for the adults . 'This year we have the Limited Edition Giant Golden Lattice Egg . We wanted a show-stopping egg that not only looked amazing but tasted divine . Alex tested the 1.5kg Giant Golden Lattice Egg and the children 's favourite , the Percy The Pig egg . 'We 've been working on perfecting the egg for years but the intricate structure and time it takes to make the egg means we can only make so many . 'We 've made the chocoholics ' dream come true this Easter - make sure you snap it up before it sells out . 'It weighs a whole one-and-a-half kilos and only 7,500 have been created . Each egg takes over an hour to make and is hand-made and decorated by twelve skilled chocolatiers who are trained to work solely on this egg . '
Alex Emerson-White , travels the world as the Marks & Spencer egg taster . This year , she tested the 1.5kg Golden Lattice Egg and Percy the Pig egg . The eggs were then sent to a lab in London where they underwent an extensive process of testing before being sold on at Marks & Spencer stores across Britain.