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.
Sheffield based curator and archivist Alex Wilson is taking over a refurbished Victorian unit down the historic Chapel Walk.
The space will be transformed into a record shop, gallery space and micro cinema dubbed 'Sheffield's Smallest Cinema'.
The space will be rooted in, and be a champion of, Sheffield/Yorkshire/Northern cultural heritage; focusing specifically on sound, moving image, design and photography.
Titled 'Memory Dance', the opening exhibition, WE'LL MISS THEM WHEN THEY'RE GONE, will reboot a popular display held on The Moor, Sheffield back in 2012.
Images: Supplied
The exhibition will explore the history of record shops in the city, from Bradleys to Virgins, and includes original 78 RPM sleeves, old and new record shop bags, related ephemera from lost Sheffield vinyl retailers, alongside prints by designer Simon Robinson responding to the imagery of these old sleeves.
They're also asking the Sheffield community to come down with anything relating to the history of Sheffield record shops and if suitable, Memory Dance can scan the items on site and hand back a digital file. Or, they can hang them in the venue for the duration of the exhibition.
The ground floor will also open its racks for the first time to a curated selection of used vinyl for sale drawn from some of the best collections the city has to offer, with a real focus on Sheffield artists and labels past/present to carry the legacy forward.
At the end of June, the walls will be refreshed for the first ever exhibition telling the amazing story of 'SHEFFIELD CABLEVISION TV (1972-76)'.
With newly printed photography from surviving staff members and crew, plus archive artefacts and merchandise, the Memory Dance micro cinema space will also be launched with an exclusive, rarely seen collection of Cablevision TV Station archive video.
Memory Dance at Chapel Walk will soft launch on 05.06.26, and you can find out more here.
Leeds’ most famous pub has announced the return of its annual FREE Beer Festival this summer
Clementine Hall
Whitelock’s Ale House has announced the return of its annual Beer Festival - hoorah!
There’s nothing quite like a nice fresh pint, and we all know Whitelock’s Ale House know how to pour a good one.
So it's with great glee that we can fill you in on their upcoming Beer Festival which will be returning to the iconic pub from Thursday 18 to Sunday 21 June 2026.
The four-day festival will celebrate the best of independent brewing in Leeds, with beers sourced exclusively from local breweries.
Featured breweries will include Northern Monk, Kirkstall Brewery, Anthology, Amity Brew Co. and more.
Known as the oldest pub in Leeds, Whitelock’s Ale House has long championed independent beers and local brewing culture.
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This year’s festival aims to spotlight the strength and diversity of the city’s brewing scene, with the tagline 'Beer tastes better up north!'
Beer will be pouring throughout the weekend across Whitelock's Ale House and The Turk's Head, with further brewery announcements and festival details set to be shared in the coming weeks via their Instagram.
The best part? Entry to the festival is completely free.
Talking about this year’s festival, General Manager Beth said: “Beer has always been at the heart of Whitelock’s, so this felt like the right year to celebrate both the breweries on our doorstep and the city we’ve called home for more than 300 years.
"Leeds has a brilliantly strong independent beer scene right now, and we’re looking forward to showcasing some of the best breweries the city has to offer across the weekend.”
You can find out more about Whitelock's Ale House and their fabulous Beer Festival here via their website. Cheers to that!
Georgina Pellant -
11th August 2021 
