Chocolate doctor wanted at Cambridge University

WOULDN’T it be great to be able to tell your friends you are a Doctor of chocolate? Some of you may already do, but now you can get the qualifications.

This is the best job in the world

CAMBRIDGE University in England is seeking a doctoral student to pursue what sounds like the sweetest job in the world: studying the fundamentals of chocolate.

The research goal, according to the job description, is to identify ways of keeping chocolate-based food from melting in warm climates. That’s a challenge given that even the best-quality chocolate starts going soft around 34C, below human body temperature.

Adelaide Chocolate School demonstration of melted milk chocolate.

A solution could fatten the profits of the world’s top 10 chocolate companies, which last year posted confectionary sales exceeding $US85 billion ($A91.97 billion).

Only European Union citizens can apply for the post under the direction of experts in chemical engineering, geotechnical engineering and soft matter physics.

Job application: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/4702/

A doctorate in chocolate not only rhymes, it sounds very satisfying.