Quit your job: the best of the year

Fancy a career change? We've spent the year interviewing people with jobs that are probably more interesting than yours. Find some inspiration for that whole 'new year, new you' thing with the best interviews from 2015.

Food and drink

Natalie Glock, 32, apprentice chocolatier at Paul A Young, Soho

 Gavin Monery, 38, winemaker at London Cru

Holly Chaves, 28, cheesemonger at The Cheeseboard

Jaega Wise, 26, head brewer at Wild Card Brewery

 Aissatou Diallo, 27, coffee roaster at Pact Coffee

Ben MacKinnon, 35, baker and director at E5 Bakehouse

Tom Harrow, 36, wine director of Honest Grapes

Makers

Bruce Marks, 47, studio manager at London Glassblowing 

Chris Murphy, 33, founder of The Positive Press

Sebastian Tarek, owner of Sebastian Tarek Bespoke Shoes, Shoreditch 

 Sophie Beale, 32, Sophie Beale Millinery

Seth Kennedy, 40, antiquarian horologist explains how he became a watchmaker 

  

Sports and leisure 

Ruth Proctor, 34, ice rink marshal, Natural History Museum Swarovski Ice Rink

Jimmy Havoc, 30 Professional wrestler and Progress Wrestling champion

Archie Cork, 23, croupier at the Hippodrome

Chris Maude, 46, master jockey's valet

Behind the scenes

Will Wyatt, 28, Senior Special Effects Technician at Artem

Zoe Phillips, 33, senior assistant armourer at the Royal Opera House

Eddy Frankel, 30, Front Section editor for Time Out

Jane Petrie, 49, film costume designer

Out of the ordinary

Gavin Bodenham, 42, arborist at Epping Forest for the City of London Corporation 

Louise Crocker, 43, firefighter at Heathrow Airport 

Alex Hackett, 22, beatboxer around central London

Andy Thompson, 36, pilot for London's Air Ambulance

 Carla Valentine, 32 Technical curator at Barts Pathology Museum

Anita Kelsey, 52, feline behaviourist 

Ross McCarthy, 38, Canine behavioural consultant

Want more alternative career paths? Quit your job, become a... lobster tank manager.