Hiring A Food Trailer For Your Wedding Is A Hot Trend
Food trucks/trailers and weddings. They’re not really two things that you would automatically pair together, but these mobile kitchens are becoming a budget friendly and memorable option for catering weddings.
We’ve been to quite a few weddings in our time, but one of all our all time favorites was our dear friends last June- a hot, but beautiful day out in the town of Canmore, Alberta.
The wedding was a small, super laid back celebration designed with an all Canada theme; plaid made many appearances, and the cocktail of the day was of course the classic Caeser.
But really, what’s one of the best parts of wedding for the guests?
(Aside from the open bar, of course.)
The food.
The typical catering options weren’t present at this wedding though. Much to our unbiased delight, our childhood friends opted for a food truck to feed the drunk and hungry.
And absolutely nailed it.
The Canadian themed food truck offered up poutine, bannock, lobster rolls, Montreal smoked meat sandwiches, nanaimo bars and a few other North American classics. Awesome, eh?
Why Hire A Food Trailer For Your Wedding?
Hiring a food truck or trailer is a great alternative to traditional catering options, and when paired with the right theme, can make for an unforgettable wedding.
- Food trucks are typically more flexible in terms of booking them and the space and resources required.
- If you’re on a budget, mobile kitchens are much more cost effective when it comes to feeding your guests.
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The menus offered by food trucks and trailers can be more unique
and tailored to your
weddings theme and dietary needs - Little to no clean up for you or your guests post ceremony celebration- yahoo!
- Mobile kitchens leave way more time for socializing since guests aren’t being served food at set times, and at set tables.
- Working with a food truck or trailer can be a lot less stress than designing a catering menu from scratch.
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The food is fresher, since food trailer vendors are literally
bringing the kitchen to the wedding-
compared to food that is prepared off site, then brought over - If you and your guests love to eat (or need a lot of food to control the open bar) then food trucks and trailers give you way more bang for your back, and the entire wedding can eat all night- not just once.
There’s A Few Drawbacks To Hiring A Food Truck For Your Wedding
Of course, a food truck or food trailer may not work for everyone’s wedding- and that’s ok! Mobile kitchens have their limitations, which may present a problem for some weddings.
- Typically, food trailers can only effectively serve 75 people or less at a time. By effectively, we mean little wait time for your guests and constant replenishment of grub.
- Mobile kitchens are weather dependant, creating one factor that’s entirely out of your control. Rain or shine? Not so much for food trailers.
- Food trailers don’t really do fine dining, and for some, it’s just simply what they want their menu to be at their wedding.
- Just like the struggles of licensing and permits (especially these food trailer owners, who found out the hard way) – certain cities impose stipulations on mobile kitchens that make it really difficult to use a food trailer at a wedding venue.
Just like any alternative really, what may work for some may not work for others- again, totally ok.
How People Started Hiring Food Trailers For Weddings
From an industry standpoint, it’s a new trend to choose a food trailer for your wedding. The idea has only been around a few years, and actually had a slow start.
Of course there is a perception about what mobile kitchens are, and where they should be. A wedding didn’t use to fit in that category, with caterers and venue kitchens being the choice for ceremonies.
Until some food trucks really nailed it; then the idea went somewhat viral.
Captured by younger couples mostly, mobile kitchens at a wedding started a social media buzz that paired well with more casual and alternative wedding styles.
The days of wedding tradition are dwindling down as people redefine how they plan and execute their wedding. Less emphasis on tradition = less emphasis on traditional food.