Chocolate, girls, and bananas

26th April 2012

I am now an official chocolatier! I was invited to Nestle to make Kitkats. They make one billion a year in York for the UK market - that’s a lot of fingers.  Tracy from News and me got through security, signed the health and safety form that insisted we would not walk and use our mobile phone at the same time! We met Vicki in the product development department, where they invent new chocs, where the magic is made. All very secretive in fact things were shifted and hidden from view, just in case we saw a new top secret brand! A team is here in York to make the next big thing. We had a go at making kitkats. The secret chocolate recipe is only know by a few people – we were doing this by hand, so first tempered the Chocolate poured it in the special moulds and added the wafers, all very gooey and great fun. They turned out really well, so I can now add chocolate maker to my CV!   You know when you buy a bar of Chocolate abroad you always think it tastes a bit different, it probably does , Kitkat is made in each country specifically designed for the taste of that nation. So a Japanese kitkat will taste different to ours. We got a taste of some Japanese ones. A Wasabi flavour,  a Chilli version, even Pumpkin. Kitkats over there are often given as gifts, we saw about 20 different flavours.  The other bonus you get to wear a pink hat!

 And if you want to find out more you can hear more of me chatting to Vicki about how to make Kitkats right here! 

My favourite survey of the week is that only 1 in 8 women think they are attractive. I bet the ones that think they are, are not the pretty ones. It’s a dilemma if you think you are attractive it makes you less attractive! Holly Willoughby came top of the best looking women, being loved made women feel attractive and paying a woman a compliment makes her happy. So try this one of ‘you don’t sweat much for a fat girl’ and see how you get on!

Website of the week is www.fiverr.com you can offer anything for $5, its a crazy site , If you want someone to sing Happy Birthday whilst dressed as a banana , get someone to shout your name whilst counting money, or record an inspirational message for you its all there. I haven’t worked out what to do , but for $5 I might play a song on my trumpet for you

If you haven’t heard my Queen and Throne song yet the link is here. Not sure if I should write the second half of the song or throw it straight in the bin. Let me know.

Catch you every morning 6-10am!

Posted by James Watt at 1:11pm

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