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Food Truck On Location Catering Catering in Des Moines

If you've been on a set where the catering is substandard or served untimely, not only can it destroy the morale on set across crew and cast, but food delays can also put your crew into a penalty and help balloon production costs unnecessarily. Quit taking gambles on amateurs and go with the industry leader in mobile food vendor logistics; Best Food Trucks. BFT offers great local food trucks for on location catering, and bring the hottest food truck in town for a seamless eating experience!
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Best Catering Expertise

By managing food truck daily life from event booking, to online ordering and catering we have cultivated an intimate relationship with great vendors throughout the country and know exactly which truck(s) will suit your needs, from a small neighborhood party to massive corporate events.

Cities
1900+
Caterings
2,000+
Attendees
300,000+
Cuisines
80+

Hot, Customizable Meals for Every Des Moines Studio Set

Film crews working in Des Moines—from the soundstages in the Historic East Village to on-location shoots near the Pappajohn Sculpture Park—need fast, delicious food that keeps the production on schedule. Best Food Trucks brings years of on-set catering experience to Iowa’s capital city, delivering studio food truck catering Des Moines filmmakers can count on.

We’ll partner with your production coordinator to build rotating daily menus that please everyone from the grip who craves hearty tacos to the director looking for fresh vegan fare. Our local truck lineup features crowd favorites like  Tacos DegolladoTacos La Barca D.C.Ninas TacosTaqueria La Esperanza, and plant-forward powerhouse  Veggie Thumper. Together they offer everything from authentic al pastor and birria to creative veggie bowls that keep talent and crew energized.

Our studio catering team will:

  • Scout and reserve the best service spots at your Des Moines studio or location set
  • Streamline online ordering and timed pickups so meal breaks never drag
  • Verify every vendor’s permits, insurance, and food-safety standards
  • Provide transparent cost summaries that stay on budget—even for indie shoots
  • Reduce food and packaging waste with sustainable food truck practices

Let Best Food Trucks handle the catering logistics while you focus on getting the perfect shot. When it comes to studio food truck catering in Des Moines, we’ll make sure every break is a wrap!

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Fueling Des Moines Small Businesses

Booking studio food truck catering in Des Moines isn’t just convenient for your shoot—it’s a direct investment in our city’s vibrant small-business community. Most of the trucks that pull up to sets in the Historic East Village, the Drake neighborhood, or Valley Junction are family-owned operations started right here in Central Iowa. When your crew grabs lunch from one of these mobile kitchens, your production dollars stay local and help those entrepreneurs keep their grills—and their dreams—firing.

Food trucks are also an eco-smart upgrade over traditional buffet lines. Mobile kitchens draw less power, prep exactly what’s ordered, and minimize single-use packaging. Best Food Trucks partners with vendors who recycle, compost, and source Iowa ingredients—think summer sweet corn, La Quercia prosciutto, and Maytag blue—to lower your carbon footprint while elevating flavor.

So when the call sheet says “Meal break, 12:30,” skip the bland boxed lunches. Search “studio food truck catering Des Moines” or “low-budget film catering near me” and let Best Food Trucks roll in a solution that feeds your crew, sustains the local economy, and keeps Mother Earth smiling.

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Hire a Food Truck for your On Location Cateringin Des Moines today

Set up a regular food truck program or just a one time event

Our Food Truck Catering Cuisines

With more than 80 food truck cuisines available, these are just a few of the favorites our clients love:

How We Make Food Truck Catering Easy

Streamlined Requests

With our quick and simple online catering form, you can request food trucks for your next event in a matter of minutes, specifying your guest count, budget and dates.

Choose Your Favorites

After you submit a catering request to us, our team will check availability for you and send over a list of amazing food truck menus to browse through (try not to drool).

Simplified Payments

Once you've decided on which truck you'd like to book, confirming them is as easy as clicking a button. All payments are handled securely on our website for ease of booking.

Pre-Ordering

If your meal time is limited, our staff will work with you to coordinate an online pre-order system where meals are predetermined and handed out hot during service.

Support Team

Our dedicated support team will be with you every step of the way from planning to organizing to grubbing your little heart out. With every event you'll have a dedicated member of our team available in case anything should arise.

Corporate Portal

With customizable features, executives can set up their own account, add a credit card and let their employees order as they want from the food truck or set spending limits.

They talk about us

4.64 (165,821 reviews)

Rebecca H.

12 February 2026

Everything. Only recommendation would be to have regular tartar sauce for catfish along with the sauce it comes with.

Kimberly V.

11 February 2026

I had the chicken salad and the greens were cold and fresh the chicken and bacon were warm and well cooked - delicious

Paige M.

11 February 2026

The Italian sausage sandwich was great with the peppers, and it was nice to have a cooked vegetable option with the green beans. It was made just like how I'd cook it up in my own kitchen.

Kelley R.

10 February 2026

The chicken tacos were great, with awesome flavor, along with the fries that were nice and fresh with the added extra seasoning! I enjoyed my lunch today for sure! 🤗

Connie S.

10 February 2026

The sauce was just the right amount of sweet, the combination of the crispy crust and warm melted cheese was perfect and the pepperoni added a nice spice to round it out. 😋yum

Mary H.

10 February 2026

I ordered the Lemonade cupcake. I loved the balance between the sweet of the icing and the sour of the lemon! It was so delicious!!!

Randall M.

10 February 2026

Amazing crust, great cheese and pepperoni. Sauce tasted great too, but I would like a bit more on the pizza

Stephen L.

10 February 2026

Pizza was perfectly cooked with high quality ingredients and you could tell they make their own crust and sauce, would definitely order from them again. Pickup went smoothly and order was ready at the requested time.

Mara M.

10 February 2026

Very tasty! The seasoning on the fries has a nice kick to it. Burger was way bigger than I expected and cooked just the way I like it.

Tom M.

10 February 2026

Food was ready on time, we are at the workplace and are busy so this is important to us and they were on-point. Online system worked great. Staff were friendly. Food was a little pricy, but not unexpected given it was on-site service. Quality if good was good. Original take on pizza. Was nice to get fresh cooked food at work.

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