John Harrison (ice cream taster) explained

Birth Place:California
Nationality:American
Occupation:Ice cream taster

John Harrison (born 1942) is an American ice cream taster, who worked for ice cream company Dreyer's (also known as Edy's) as its "Official Taste Tester".

Career

Harrison joined Dreyer's in 1956, serving until his retirement in 2010, tasting on average sixty ice cream flavors daily.[1] Harrison does not consume the ice cream, and instead spits it out.[2] Based on his own estimates, he has tasted a few hundred million gallons of ice cream at Dreyer's.[3] He has aided in the creation of more than one hundred unique ice cream flavors;[4] he claims[5] that he invented the flavor Cookies n' Cream.[6] According to a World report on Harrison, "his taste buds are so fine-tuned he can immediately taste the difference between 12-percent and 11.5-percent butterfat in a product."[7] The report also described him as the "most popular ice cream man in America". Harrison believes himself to be "the first national spokesman on ice cream". He has appeared on many television programs, as well as on other media.[7] In 1997, Harrison was awarded the American Tasting Institute's Master Taster of the Year title.[8]

Personal life

Born in 1942,[7] all of Harrison's paternal family, up to his great grandfather, were involved in the ice cream industry in one way or another.[3] In his younger days, he would help out at the ice cream factory his uncle owned.[9] [10] Harrison is married and currently resides in Palm Desert, California.[7] Harrison's taste buds are insured for a million dollars.[7] [11] He adheres to a very strict diet, so as not to affect his tasting skills.[7]

Notes and References

  1. News: . The World's Sweetest Job . Marquez . Laura . July 21, 2007 .
  2. News: Copeland. Libby. July 1, 2003. Taster John Harrison, ice cream's big dipper. Thecabin.net. unfit. https://web.archive.org/web/20141006072418/http://thecabin.net/stories/070103/sty_0701030050.shtml. October 6, 2014.
  3. News: The Man with The Million-Dollar Taste Buds . . Hatcher . Sidney . June 30, 2013 . September 23, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180923194245/https://www.cookinglight.com/cooking-101/meet-the-chef/the-man-with-the-million-dollar-taste-buds-00400000005776/ . dead .
  4. News: An Interview with John Harrison . . June 30, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131231211909/http://archives.citypaper.net/articles/081095/article001.shtml . December 31, 2013 .
  5. Web site: Cohen . Jacob . 2021-08-04 . The ice cream man whose taste buds are insured for $1m . 2023-01-09 . The Hustle . en-US.
  6. News: A moment with John Harrison, ice cream taster . June 16, 2006 . .
  7. News: Parrish. Jacob. August 29, 2009. The ice cream man. World. dead. 2012-01-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20181026104240/https://world.wng.org/2009/08/the_ice_cream_man. 2018-10-26.
  8. Book: Turkington, Carol A. . Extraordinary Jobs in the Food Industry . 75– . Infobase . 2009 . 9781438111735 .
  9. News: John Harrison has the scoop as taste tester for Nestle Ice Cream: Ten Minutes With ... . . June 21, 2009 . Campanelli . John .
  10. News: . His cool job as an ice cream taster is sophisticated science . July 26, 2006 . 20– .
  11. Book: Gehring, Abigail R. . Odd Jobs: How to Have Fun and Make Money in a Bad Economy . 121– . Skyhorse . 2012 . 2 . 9781620872475 .

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