The title of this research is developing students' speaking competence in "food and beverage subject" in state polytechnics of sriwijaya. This research aimed at (1) finding out the most applicable teaching model to develop students' speaking competence, and (2) finding out if the teaching model was effective in developing students' speaking competence in food and beverage services subjects. The method of this study is Research and Development method. Forty three students of English Department of State Polytechnics of Sriwijaya were chosen purposively as the sample of the study. The data were collected through test, post test, questionnaires, and tryouts. By the help of the four raters, the data were analyzed using t-test. The findings showed that firstly, the students and lecturers of English Department of SPS believed that the new teaching model was effective to develop their competency both in food and beverage and speaking subjects. Secondly, the new teaching provided the students more fun in the teaching and learning process. Finally, there was some improvement in the students' gained scores between the pre test and the post test which indicated that team teaching model was effective in developing students' speaking competence in food and beverage subjects.