Manchester restaurant will pay you £500 to eat Sunday roasts

A Manchester pub chain is on the hunt for someone to test out and review their Sunday roasts… And be paid £500 for it.

Doesn’t sound like too bad of a job, does it?

The Botanist put out a job advert for an official ‘Pro-tato tester’ earlier this week, saying it created the role in an attempt to get some feedback on its new ‘family-style’ sharing roasts.

Diners ordering the new family roasts can choose between roast sirloin of beef, roast chicken, pot roast lamb shoulder, slow roast glazed pork belly or a celeriac mushroom and pearl barley wellington, which all come served with a Yorkshire pudding (obviously) and sharing boards of maple glazed carrots, signature roast potatoes, minted greens, and jugs upon jugs of gravy.

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The successful candidate will be tasked with trying all variants of the family sharing roast and, if that isn’t enough, they will also be asked to try four of the Sunday roast sides, including Shorrocks Lancashire cauliflower cheese with parmesan crumb, creamed cabbage with smoked bacon, stuffing balls with sour cherries, and pigs in blankets in a cranberry glaze.

Executive chef James Scott said: “One thing we’ve definitely missed over the last year is sitting down and sharing a roast with our nearest and dearest. Our latest Botanist roast menu is designed with those moments in mind. I’m hoping the ‘Pro-tato Tester’ can help us ensure our roast is always worth sharing.

“We actively collect reviews from every plate served through our short end-of-meal survey via our Yumpingo tablets, so this position is a natural extension of how important feedback is for us in making sure every Roast is worth sharing.”

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The successful (and very lucky) candidate will be required to attend a tasting session with up to five guests on Sunday September 19th, and either write a 500-word review or create a video of up to sixty-seconds appropriate for social media sites TikTok or Instagram. 

And as for the perks? Well, you’ll get a roast for two every month and, if that wasn’t enough, you’ll also receive a £500 salary – that works out at around £200 per hour. 

Click here to apply.