Food Truck On Location Catering Catering in Santa Barbara
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 Your Santa Barbara Studio Crew
From bustling State Street sets to sunrise shoots above the Riviera, Best Food Trucks has dialed in studio food truck catering in Santa Barbara. Years of feeding crews at local favorites like the Foley & Sony sound stages in Goleta and on-location productions in Montecito have taught us exactly how to keep meal breaks on time and on budget—without sacrificing flavor.
We’ll collaborate with your production team to build rotating daily menus that highlight the Central Coast’s freshest ingredients. Craving authentic Mexican fare? Book Tacos Pipeye or the legendary Taqueria Mena for street-style tacos that taste even better than a sunset at Leadbetter Beach. Looking for Latin comfort food with a creative twist? Maravilla Latin Cuisine brings the fiesta, while Yummy Bird keeps the crew fueled with crispy fried chicken and fusion tacos (plus vegan options for the UCSB grads on set). Need tacos with a gourmet spin? Gloria’s Gourmet Kitchen has you covered.
Our team scouts the best service locations—whether that’s a curb in the Funk Zone or a tucked-away lot off Cabrillo Boulevard—handles city permits and insurance, streamlines online ordering and pick-up, and delivers a transparent cost analysis that fits your production’s budget. Choosing food trucks over traditional catering also reduces food and packaging waste, keeping our gorgeous beaches and trails just as pristine as they appear on screen.
Let Best Food Trucks take the guesswork out of mealtime for your Santa Barbara studio. Great food, zero drama—so you can focus on the next perfect shot.
Fueling Your Shoot—and the Santa Barbara Economy
Every time you book studio food truck catering in Santa Barbara, you keep production humming and pump dollars back into the community. Most of the trucks we dispatch to State Street or the Mesa are owned by Santa Barbara–area families—many of whom you’ll also spot slinging salsas at the Saturday Farmers Market or cheering on the Gauchos at Harder Stadium. Your craft-services budget helps these home-grown entrepreneurs pay crews, rent commissary space on Milpas Street, and buy produce from Goleta and Carpinteria farms. That’s hyper-local commerce, one burrito at a time.
Food trucks are also a smarter, greener choice for studio catering. Modern mobile kitchens run on high-efficiency equipment and generate far less single-use ware than the chafing-dish buffets of old. Fewer generators humming in the background means cleaner beach air for that Stearns Wharf beauty shot—and less trash headed to the Tajiguas landfill.
So next time you Google “low-budget film catering near me,” skip the generic options and call Best Food Trucks. We’ll roll up with delicious, eco-friendly meals, keep your crew happy, and keep Santa Barbara’s small-business scene thriving.
Hire a Food Truck for your On Location Cateringin Santa Barbara today
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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 (163,773 reviews)
Karen M.
29 July 2024
Great communication, service and food!
Deanna K.
19 July 2023
Process was super easy with the website. The food truck crew was friendly and efficient and the food was amazing!!!!! Would recommend 10/10.
Katie H.
16 November 2025
- for Kreole Kreationz - food was on point. Smoked turkey was right. They know what they're doing! Enjoyed having them serve the Walsh community
Brenda M.
15 November 2025
We hosted an office party at a local park & had Good Hombres there to serve lunch. Everyone loved the food & the service that was provided. We will definitely use them again in the future!
Stephanie G.
15 November 2025
Truck ran 30 mins late on our order and the meatballs tasted like they were previously frozen - they were a weird texture and not flavorful
Dot R.
14 November 2025
The order was "on time" very generous amounts, the roll was toasted perfectly.( unexpected) the meat was so tender and tasty..the mac & cheese yummy, and the beans even had a piece of VERY tender bacon in it! DELICIOUS!
JOHNATHAN Q.
14 November 2025
My sandwich was tasty! I didn't like that it had two different sizes of bread one substantially smaller. This caused the roast beef on one end to be dried out. It was a great sandwich and the chef was very friendly.
Sydney B.
14 November 2025
The Mac and cheese was fantastic 10/10 would get again. The peach lemonade is also lovely. They are such wonderful people too!
Cheryl J.
14 November 2025
Plantain! Jerk chicken was fried crispy. Thought the jerk barbecue could have been a little spicier. Still very good
Gail D.
13 November 2025
First time buying. The rice & vegetables were perfect! And the yum yum sauce added just the right "kick". The egg rolls were a bit skimpy on filling, but taste was fine.
