“You have the best job in the world” is something I’ve heard a lot over the years. As someone who literally gets paid to dine out – a role I have been doing for more than 16 years now, in various capacities – I often agree.
But as with every dream job, there’s most certainly a downside.
In 2024, the long-time New York Times restaurant critic Pete Wells announced that he would be leaving the role after 12 years, citing ill health.
After finally getting a long-overdue health check, which he had been putting off to finish his epic 100 Best Restaurants in New York City list, he had a reckoning.
“My scores were bad across the board; my cholesterol, blood sugar and hypertension were worse than I’d expected even in my doomiest moments,” he wrote. “The terms prediabetes, fatty liver disease and metabolic syndrome were thrown around. I was technically obese.”
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