How to be a restaurant critic: Great Jobs?

I am always on the lookout for a new job.

Not so much that I don’t like my current job(s) but more like maybe there is something else out there that I could be good/great at.

Am I missing something by not doing somehting else with my 40 hours + a week workstyle?

This article caught my attention today: “So you want to be a restaurant critic?”

While I might not agree with the writer’s contention that you need to be hated or sell-out I am sure that you need a particularly tough gut to stamach the food as well as the criticsm you’ll receive as a critic.

You have to be able to dish it out and eat it up… pun intended.

I do like the suggestion in the article of just writing a food related blog and lashing out at poor service, badly prepared food and related bad practices but you have to be able to balance the bad and the good, I’m sure.
I’m not sure if I could handle the pressure of being creatively critical, however. I don’t mind being tough but having to explain my toughness is another thing. Would you want to constantly have to explain why you think a certyain way? Me neither.

More info on being a restaurant critic:
Become a secret restaurant critic
Become a food critic
Become a food critic - more info
Get paid for shopping and eating out

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