5 of the Coolest Jobs in Food (That Don’t Even Involve Cooking)

1. Truffle Scientist
2. Master of Wood
3. Beverage Architect
4. Airline Caterer
5. Master Gardener

If your track record of burnt toast and messed-up eggs belies your deep-seated dream of becoming a chef, fear not: The food industry has you covered. Though we typically think of restaurants as the be-all, end-all of the culinary arts, there are plenty of career paths for the gastronomically inclined, even if you can’t cook a wink. Here are five of the coolest food careers out there—no fancy knife skills required.

① Truffle Scientist

For centuries, farmers used pigs or dogs to dig up this expensive fungus; that is, until Dr. Paul Thomas came along. Thomas made headlines when he farmed Great Britain’s first man-cultivated truffle, and he has since become the leading expert in the field. It was his background in biology and natural environmental science—not food prep—that catapulted him to rarified air within the food world.

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