“Professional dining room and abuser of buffets”, reads the Instagram profile of ‘Joe Burger Challenge‘. The owner of that account, which has more than 146,000 followers, is Jorge González, a Spaniard who decided to put his previous job as a policeman on hold to become a gastronomic influencer.
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This is his story.
What Jorge gonzalez could not opt for a residence permit to stay in the United States years ago, where he worked with a Spanish company, he decided to return to his country and apply to be part of the National Police, according to the ABC media outlet.
According to the Spanish newspaper, González prepared for a year and a half to take part in the competition to be a police officer. He passed and entered the Avila National Police School. Later, he worked in Alicante and Valencia as an inspector for the National Police.
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One day, it occurred to him to record videos for YouTube doing food challenges. “It all started out of hobby and fun,” he tells ABC. The Spaniard thought that the content would be seen by his friends and family. He could not imagine that these activities could become his work.
The man, considered the greatest hamburger expert in SpainABC points out, he also has a degree in English philology. He is 41 years old and has two children.
Jorge started going to restaurants to try hamburgers. There, by the way, he gave cards to customers to share their videos.
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ABC says that, when he reached 100,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel, González generated between 200 and 300 euros each month (between 800,000 and 1.3 million Colombian pesos). The man considers that this money was not enough to consider leaving his job.
“When I reached half a million followers and was already earning a thousand euros a month, I realized that it was quite hard work and that I had two options: either I would take it more calmly or take advantage of the pull to get the most out of it. “, he tells the Spanish media.
In this way, Jorge made the decision to dedicate himself to content creation after the confinement caused by the pandemic. There was also another event that motivated him.
This was what he told ABC: “In last year’s income statement I paid the Treasury exactly the same as I earned as a police officerso my manager told me I was being silly and encouraged me to choose to shoot videos since I was living a rhythm of life with two totally incompatible jobs”.
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Since then, the Spaniard has dedicated himself to uploading videos giving his opinion on the foods he tastes and doing food challenges. Although he requested a leave of absence from the Police (that is, he suspended but did not finish his contract), for now he does not contemplate returning to his old job. For him, returning to the Police would mean acknowledging that he failed and that he did not get everything for which he has bet in recent years.
As González told ABC, he is rigorous with his physical training: “For me, training in the gym is like sleeping, it’s essential. I never rule out exercising because I don’t feel like it or because I don’t have time. I’ve been training every day for 23 years, for what I have achieved is that my metabolism is very accelerated and needs more calories than other people,” he tells the Spanish media.
In addition, follow a strict diet during the days and between challenges. “If I go to a restaurant and eat three thousand calories, I understand that my body doesn’t need any more and I don’t eat anything until the next day,” she says.
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Jorge, who joined YouTube with ‘Joe Burgerchallenge’ in November 2015, already has close to 700 thousand subscribers on that channel. At the time, he gained popularity by doing food challenges in U.S. ABC says that González considers himself a fan of the cuisine of the North American country.
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