Elementary level
What’s your favourite:
– fruit?
– vegetable?
– meat?
– fish?
– drink?
– pizza?
Do you prefer:
– meat or fish?
– pasta or pizza?
– red wine or white wine?
– eating at home or eating out?
– sweet things or savoury things?
– lots of snacks, or larger meals?
What do you eat for breakfast?
Where do you have lunch?
What sort of thing do you normally have for dinner?
Who do you eat with in the evenings?
Do you drink tea or coffee? How do you like it? How many cups a day? At what times?
Do you have a favourite type of tea or coffee?
Intermediate level
Which is the most important meal of the day for you? Why?
What are the traditional foods from your region?
Do you, or your family cook them?
Is it difficult to make? What ingredients do you need? What’s the recipe?
Do you grow, pick or catch your own food?
Do you know how to make bread?
Who does the shopping in your family? Do you (or they) prefer small, specialist shops or large supermarkets? What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of each?
What are the wines from your region? Are they good?
Have you ever eaten English/Chinese/Japanese/ (other nationality) food? What? When? Did you
enjoy it?
Do you ever eat in fast food restaurants?
Advanced level
How do you feel about vegetarianism?
How do you feel about veganism?
Are there any rules about what you can eat or drink in your religion /culture?
Do you think the traditional ways of preparing and eating food are being lost in the modern world? Why?
How do you think food will be different in the future?
If you had only one meal left before you died, what would you choose to eat?
