Food trucks have become increasingly popular in the wedding scene. As a unique, cost-friendly, delicious alternative to standard wedding catering, food trucks are the new best way to satisfy your guests’ palates at your wedding. Below are some tips from Trucked Up Catering (www.truckedupcatering.com) for planning your food truck wedding.
Consider the Weather
The stereotypical image of a food truck wedding is outdoors in warm summer weather, but if it’s the middle of summer in scalding heat, be sure there’s shade so guests don’t overheat waiting for food. Another way to make the best of a food truck in the heat is to have a truck serving ice cream, snow cones or milkshakes. Winter wedding? No problem. Plenty of food truck companies are thrilled to cook outside and bring the food inside. Additionally, others have small food carts that can be set up indoors to serve guests with the same enjoyment as an outdoor food truck.
Customize the Menu
Talk with your chosen vendor to create a eye-popping display for the menu with unique names for each item. Make sure if your food truck is serving the main course to have a variety of foods from chicken dishes to stir fry to seafood. Food trucks are known for having one of a kind, fun dishes so choose a vendor specializing in out of the ordinary culinary concoctions.
Food Truck Appearance
It is critical to have the right type of food trucks at your food truck wedding. All food trucks should be clean and well lit. The workers inside the food trucks must also be presentable and polite to your guests.
Late Night Snacks
After a long night of dancing, mingling and celebrating, you and your guests will undoubtedly be hungry. Walking up to a food truck serving savory small bites like hot dogs, grilled cheese, cookies, pretzels or donuts is sure to end the night the right way and never have your guests leaving hungry.
Crunch the Numbers
While always an awesome time, food trucks can gather large crowds and long lines in the blink of an eye. In order to not prolong your friend’s and family’s hunger, plan at your food truck wedding to have one food truck for about every 70-80 people at your wedding. This is sure to keep the service quick and efficient and your guests full and happy.
Wine and Beer Trucks
Every delicious food dish needs to be complemented with a delectable drink and there are many companies providing traveling wine and beer trucks. These will give you a great way to pair each dish with a wine, beer or cocktail to quench any guest’s thirst.
Seating
Food trucks offer you an opportunity to have a formal setting or a more social, casual scene depending on what you want. If the food trucks are for your main course, have formal tables set up so guests can take their food and sit down for a meal. If the food trucks are for appetizers or desserts, consider some tall, skinny tables out and a central area with silverware and napkins so guests can socialize while they eat.
Decorate your Truck
Every wedding has a theme and your food truck should be no different. Wedding themes are carefully selected by the couple after days, weeks and even months of thought and deliberation, meant to perfectly represent the two people getting married. Speak with the owner of the food truck about wrapping it in a decorative cover or adding pieces to the truck so it fits right in with your wedding theme.
Food trucks are the new trendy choice for wedding catering. Guaranteed to save you money while also providing better quality food for your guests, any truck you choose will add a unique and memorable experience to your wedding. No matter what kind of cuisine and appearance you desire, there’s a food truck ready to make your wedding irresistible and delicious. The wedding consultants at Trucked Up Catering (www.truckedupcatering.com) would be thrilled to work with you to find the right line up of food trucks to make your night memorable and fulfilling for you guests.