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Food Truck Sporting Event Catering in Des Moines

Sporting events have their own kind of challenges, only magnified by the service of not just hundreds of attendees but often thousands. Whether you're looking for complete service options or complimentary ones to your established catering contract, Best Food Trucks has every option available to help you pull off your sure-to-please outdoor event with its delicious and nutritious food trucks for sporting events!
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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+

Food Truck Catering for Large-Scale Events in Des Moines

From the buzz of the Downtown Farmers’ Market to concerts at Water Works Park, Des Moines knows how to throw a party—and nothing keeps a crowd happier than the right lineup of food trucks. Forget the old-fashioned tent kitchens that needed extra permits, generators, and hours of setup. Modern food trucks roll in with fully self-contained commercial kitchens, serve fast, and roll out with zero fuss. When you partner with Best Food Trucks for food truck catering for large scale events in Des Moines, you unlock a fleet of local favorites ready to feed thousands.

Planning a festival at Western Gateway Park, tailgating before the big game at Principal Park, or welcoming runners to the Drake Relays? We’ll curate a mouth-watering mix of trucks so every guest finds something to love. Craving authentic street tacos? Book Tacos Degollado, Tacos La Barca D.C., Ninas Tacos, or the crowd-pleasing Taqueria La Esperanza. Need a plant-based option that even meat-eaters rave about? Add Des Moines’ own Veggie Thumper to the roster for fresh, vibrant flavors.

Best Food Trucks coordinates arrival times, handles all health permits, and equips you with real-time ordering technology so lines stay short and appetites stay satisfied. Whether you’re hosting 500 people at a corporate celebration in the East Village or 50,000 fairgoers at the Iowa State Fairgrounds, our Des Moines food truck catering experts scale seamlessly. Let us turn your next large-scale event into the tastiest ticket in town.

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Skip the Line—Enjoy Your Des Moines Event!

Whether you’re rocking out at 80/35, cheering on the Iowa Cubs, or sampling global flavors at the World Food & Music Festival, nobody comes to downtown Des Moines to stand in a food line. Best Food Trucks’ cutting-edge online ordering system lets your guests tap their phones, pick a local truck, and get a text the moment their meal is ready. No fumbling with cash, no crowded queues—just more time to enjoy the music, the game, or the midway lights on the riverfront.

Need to move thousands of meals at Western Gateway Park or the Iowa State Fairgrounds? Our platform was built for high-frequency, large-scale ordering, so tickets fly out of our virtual window as fast as the grills can handle them. You can even email or post a pre-order link days before gates open, letting vendors prep accurately and guests reserve the perfect pickup slot.

Food-truck catering for large-scale events in Des Moines gets even better when the tech disappears and the tenderloin appears. Pair our local fleet with Best Food Trucks’ online ordering, and your attendees spend their time enjoying the event—not inching forward in a line.

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Our features

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 (162,896 reviews)

Jude L.

8 July 2025

They didn't participate

Jude L.

8 July 2025

Great service an folks loved the food

Jude L.

8 July 2025

Folks Loved them!

Brittany D.

17 October 2025

Not only was the food amazing but the food truck owners were top-notch, friendly, and personable. I could have sit outside and talk to them all day.

Jennifer L.

16 October 2025

I got the cheesesteak combo. It was pretty good. Fries were a bit too crunchy and overcooked for my liking.

Tarronda S.

16 October 2025

The food was amazing. Staff member very nice. Thank you all for an successful event.

Kaitlyn L.

16 October 2025

Thank you for the sample of curry! It was delicious and this is one of my favorite food trucks. I'll definitely buy again next time you visit!

Deborah B.

16 October 2025

-inside of sandwich was delicious! The bread was different style than I'm used to having a Vietnamese style sandwich.

Erin S.

16 October 2025

Habaneros Tacos was the best! Amazing food and friendly service

Bri-Anna K.

15 October 2025

I got the pulled pork with Mac and cheese and potato salad. Everything was amazing. The Mac and cheese was my favorite. I hope to see this truck back again soon!

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