• Question: What enticed you to start working in food

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      Asked by nufc rafa benitez to Jess, Chris on 14 Mar 2016.
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        Christopher Blanford answered on 14 Mar 2016:

        Hi Newcastle Utd Fan

        My mom’s a great cook. Her parents emigrated from Italy to the US in the 1920s. I like chemistry and the more I read about food and chemistry, the more I wanted to play. Still my favourite hobby!

        Chris

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        Jessica Groppi answered on 14 Mar 2016:

        Hi!

        Food is an hobby not a work for me. I think it’s the whole being italian thing, like Chris suggested: we have a really strong food culture in Italy, when you hang out with italians you always end up talking about food!
        I enjoy cooking food from all over the world though, mixing flavours and there is a lot of science behind food and cooking too.
        Being a chemist really feels like being a cook sometimes, actually more like a baker: we have to mix very precise quantities of starting compounds, heat them at the right temperature for a fixed amount of time to get the prefect product. The difference is that instead of using pots and pans we use really fancy glassware!

        Jess.

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