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Meet the flavourists

6 Minute English

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What's in Your Wallet?

Today's flavourists learn their art by serving an apprenticeship. Although a background in chemistry is important, you can't study flavours at university. The training happens on the job, at your place of work, while you are working. In my question, I asked what popular flavour combination was invented by chef Heston Blumenthal? And I said it was a dark chocolate and sea salt. So, was I right? It's true that sweet and salty flavours go together well, but the correct answer was white chocolate and caviar. A combination described by Swiss master flavourist Francois Benzi, as weird but wonderful. Once again, our six minutes are up. Bye for now.

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