Food & Drink Tester, Good Housekeeping Institute

Please Note: This role is based at the Good Housekeeping Institute site in Feltham.

The Role

As a Food & Drink Tester, you will play a key role within the Good Housekeeping Institute, helping to uphold its trusted reputation for rigorous, impartial product testing. Working closely with the Food & Drink team, as well as editorial and commercial stakeholders across Hearst UK, you’ll test everything from festive favourites to emerging wellness products. Your insights will shape authoritative content across many avenues of Good Housekeeping—guiding consumers with confidence and clarity in their purchasing decisions.

Main Duties

• Plan, organise and deliver product testing across the Food & Drink category, including taste tests, bench tests and consumer panels.
• Manage and analyse testing data using Excel, producing clear summaries and results to support editorial and commercial content.
• Conduct product and market research to identify trends, inform testing programmes and ensure coverage reflects the current marketplace.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues to coordinate product deliveries, testing schedules and day‑to‑day project activity.
• Communicate testing outcomes clearly and accurately to relevant stakeholders, ensuring results are robust, impartial and easy to understand.
• Rigorously fact‑check testing data, product information and editorial content, ensuring all results are accurately recorded, consistently applied and presented to the highest standards—embracing the detail‑focused nature of testing that underpins trusted consumer advice.
• Support content creation by checking factual accuracy in editorial material and, on occasion, contributing to on‑camera or video content.

What We Are Looking For

• Demonstrable interest in food and drink products, with practical hands‑on skills including a basic level of cooking or food preparation.
• Strong computer literacy, particularly in Excel for data handling and analysis, alongside confident use of Word and PowerPoint.
• Excellent written communication skills, with a high standard of grammar, spelling and attention to detail.
• Proven ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously, working accurately to deadlines in a structured and organised manner.
• Confident interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team, and to engage professionally with a wide range of stakeholders.
• A methodical, objective and reliable approach to work, including the ability to assess products honestly and handle repetitive, detail‑focused tasks with consistency.
• Previous experience in hospitality and/or alcohol tasting is desirable, but not essential.

Benefits

Your benefits at Hearst UK are more than just extras—they are tools to help you thrive in every part of life.

• Hearst Exclusives - Only for You! Get adventurous with Good Housekeeping Taste and Beauty Testing Panels - yes, you could be trying the next big thing in beauty, food & drink. Snag luxe beauty steals at our legendary office sample sales - score big on top brands without breaking the bank!
• Inclusion, Health & Wellbeing: Feel Your Best. Stay healthy with Specsavers eye care, a company‑funded Health Cash Plan, and access to mental health support. Get active and stress‑free with discounted gym memberships and the Cycle to Work scheme. Embrace flexibility with a Location Flex and Holiday Exchange to take time when you need it. Take time to give back with a Charity Day and access wellbeing resources whenever you need them. Join one of our Hearst ERG Groups.
• Financial Wellness - Boost Your Budget. Plan ahead with a generous Workplace Pension, Income Protection, Life Assurance and Season Ticket Loan for easier commuting. Make smarter money moves using Salary Finance tools, Financial Wellbeing sessions, and Home Tech benefits to spread costs. Treat yourself with major discounts across London plus everyday savings via the HAPI at Hearst app.

Hearst UK is deeply committed to using our influential brands to reflect the world we want to live in – one that respects, protects, represents and uplifts the voices and opinions of all people. As a business, we recognise the significant benefits of creativity, collaboration and innovation that comes with diverse teams. Not only is diversifying the voices in our organization the right thing to do, but it also helps us to make powerful and exciting content that can be enjoyed by many more people. This is why we’re working to build a sense of true belonging within our business and foster a culture in which everyone feels heard.