{"id":17049,"date":"2025-09-12T01:29:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T01:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/17049\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T01:29:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T01:29:09","slug":"air-new-zealand-is-hiring-a-chief-ice-cream-taster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/17049\/","title":{"rendered":"Air New Zealand is hiring a chief ice cream taster"},"content":{"rendered":"

Appleby Farms chief executive Peter Findlay said the partnership was a \u201cperfect match\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to team up with Air New Zealand to take a taste of Nelson to the skies. This partnership is about celebrating Kiwi craft and giving travellers around the world a genuine taste of Aotearoa,\u201d Findlay said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can\u2019t wait to see which flavour New Zealanders think deserves to go global.\u201d<\/p>\n

While all ages can apply, it is not an offer of employment.<\/p>\n

A footnote from the job ad reads: \u201cPromotional activity only \u2014 participation in the Chief Ice Cream Taster tasting day is a one-off promotional activity and does not involve the performance of work or services. This is not an offer of employment with Air New Zealand or Appleby Farms.”<\/p>\n

Among its requirements, the Air NZ release stated applicants are expected to have a \u201clifelong love affair with ice cream\u201d and \u201cexceptional cone-centration skills and proven ability to stay chilled under pressure\u201d.<\/p>\n

Ice cream enthusiasts can apply via the Air NZ Careers page before September 21.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not the first time a company operating in New Zealand has launched food-tasting promotions to assist with product feedback.<\/p>\n

Last March<\/a>, KFC advertised for a Wicked Wings taste-tester. Auckland foodie Nicola Chan secured the role out of 900 hopefuls, tasked with assessing the flavour, crunch, freshness and spice of the product across the city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Appleby Farms chief executive Peter Findlay said the partnership was a \u201cperfect match\u201d. \u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to team up…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17050,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[68,696,138,3937,2066,4042,2027,185,18927,117,111,139,69,16800,18926,80],"class_list":["post-17049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-air","tag-announced","tag-business","tag-chief","tag-cream","tag-hiring","tag-ice","tag-is","tag-lovers","tag-new","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sweet","tag-taster","tag-zealand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}