Conversation Starters: Food

If you are not a natural at making conversation, then thinking of conversation topics when first start talking to someone can make you nervous.

While it is good to find other topics (more interesting) topics of conversation to move on to having good small talk topics up your sleeve will help break the ice and help you find those more interesting topics of conversation. It will also help relieve some of the anxiety of walking into an unknown environment and meeting new people. Alternatively, if you are networking online, having some conversation starters in your back pocket can make it easier to make conversation.

Food is one of my favourite go-to topics. If you are at an event, talking about the food at the event can be a great conversation starter. Alternatively, if you are networking in a particular city or location you might want to get food or restaurant recommendations. Your foodie conversation can be aligned with what you and your companion are interested in whether it is restaurant/take away food, recommendations for recipes or a particular cuisine. You can also tie foodie conversations into local conversations, travel conversations and even hobbies and classes etc. It is a very open topic and suitable for all audiences as everyone eats.

Further Reading:

• Conversation Starters
• What questions should I ask when networking?
• Why is Active Listening So Important and how to be better?