Food Truck Sporting Event 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+
Food Truck Catering for Large-Scale Events in Santa Barbara
Nothing says “Santa Barbara” quite like gathering beneath the palms, listening to live music drifting in from the Santa Barbara Bowl, and enjoying incredible food with an ocean breeze on your face. Whether you’re planning a festival on Cabrillo Boulevard, a surf contest at Leadbetter Beach, or a Gauchos tailgate up at UCSB, food truck catering is the easiest way to keep thousands of guests happy and fed.
Unlike the old tent kitchens that once lined Fiesta’s mercado, modern food trucks roll in fully self-contained—no extra permits for pop-up stoves, no noisy generators snaking across the lawn, and no hours of setup or teardown. They park, open the window, and start serving Santa Barbara’s favorite flavors within minutes.
Best Food Trucks coordinates entire fleets, so you can mix gourmet plates with casual beach-day bites without juggling dozens of vendors. Looking for authentic Mexican street tacos? Book Tacos Pipeye or the always-festive Gloria’s Gourmet Kitchen. Craving something Latin and hearty for those cool Mission Canyon nights? Maravilla Latin Cuisine has you covered. Need crispy fried chicken sandwiches that wow the Funk Zone crowd? Yummy Bird brings the comfort. And if you want Asian fusion that pairs perfectly with a glass of local pinot, add DELETE to the lineup.
From Old Spanish Days to mega-sized corporate retreats at the Bacara, our team makes large-scale event catering in Santa Barbara effortless. Tell us your guest count, your venue—from East Beach to Elings Park—and we’ll curate the perfect truck roster. Great entertainment deserves great food, and with Best Food Trucks on your side, your Santa Barbara event will taste as amazing as the view.
Skip the Line and Savor the Santa Barbara Scene
Big crowds are part of the charm at Santa Barbara’s signature gatherings—think Earth Day in Alameda Park, Concours d’Elegance at the harbor, or the Goleta Lemon Festival—but nobody comes downtown to stand in a food line. Best Food Trucks’ cutting-edge online ordering system lets your guests place and pay for their meals right from their phones, then stroll State Street or snap photos at the Chromatic Gate while their food is fired up. When the tacos, tri-tip, or poke bowls are ready, a quick text notification sends them back to the truck for instant pickup.
Planning an even bigger bash at SBCC’s La Playa Stadium or a concert overflow outside the Santa Barbara Bowl? Our platform is built for high-frequency, large-scale ordering, so hundreds—even thousands—of tickets can be processed without crashing the party. Event organizers can push out a pre-order link days in advance, allowing VIPs to lock in a specific pickup time before the first guitar riff or keynote speech.
Food truck catering for large-scale events in Santa Barbara pairs perfectly with our mobile ordering tech: fewer lines, faster service, happier guests, and more time to soak up the Pacific views. Let Best Food Trucks streamline your next Santa Barbara event so the only thing attendees wait for is sunset over the Channel Islands.
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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 (160,542 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!
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.
Alex H.
15 August 2025
Great customer service and delicious food. Thanks for taking the time to make sure my order was correct. I appreciate you!
Karen R.
15 August 2025
Delicious!!! Rangoon‘s were a bit on the cool side, but still delicious. Everything else was hot and steamy. Can’t wait till you come back to Raintree again.
Shannon N.
15 August 2025
More than 5! They worked their butts off to get the food out. All of it was delicious! Probably the best burger meat I've ever had, melted in my mouth!
Amy S.
15 August 2025
Food was great and she was very pleasant. She was by herself when I went down there but she had a great system and stayed positive during a hectic time. I loved being able to pre-order and that they texted me when my food was ready.
Jim H.
15 August 2025
The food was incredibly tasty and the portions were large - enough left over for lunch tomorrow. There aren't many creole trucks out there so knocking it out of the park flavor-wise was great!
