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 15kg 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 can'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 15kg 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 marks & spencer this year 15kg 27 year old
alex emerson white, travels the world as the marks & spencer egg taster . this year, she tested the 15kg golden lattice egg and percy the pig egg . the 27 year old goes to the gym four times a week 'to keep fit and healthy'