IELTS Speaking Cue Cards About Food and Cooking

Quick answer

Food & cooking cue cards ask you to speak for one to two minutes about food & cooking. We have 1 free food & cooking cue card, each with examiner audio, a one-minute preparation timer and an original Band 8–9 model answer. Cards about food and meals. Taste and texture vocabulary is the easy win; the risk is listing ingredients instead of telling the story of the meal.

Free IELTS Speaking Part 2 cue cards about food — meals you cooked, restaurants, snacks, traditional dishes — with examiner audio and Band 8–9 model answers.

Updated July 2026

Which food & cooking cue cards can you practise?

Part 1 and Part 3 practice on this topic

How do you structure a Part 2 answer?

One minute to make notes, then one to two minutes of uninterrupted speech: name your choice, work through the bullet points, and save the last 30–45 seconds for the “and explain” line.

Full IELTS Speaking Part 2 guide

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