Food Truck Swap Meet 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
From the sun-soaked stretches of East Beach to packed nights at the Santa Barbara Bowl, big gatherings here on the American Riviera are famous for pairing postcard views with unforgettable bites. Modern event planners no longer wrestle with pop-up tent kitchens and endless generator permits—self-contained food trucks roll in fully licensed and ready to cook. That means faster set-up, quicker breakdown, and, most importantly, happier guests.
Best Food Trucks curates Santa Barbara’s most crowd-pleasing mobile kitchens for festivals, corporate conferences at The Ritz-Carlton Bacara, UCSB graduations, and Old Spanish Days fiestas alike. We can station multiple trucks so your attendees jump from sizzling Tacos Pipeye al pastor to crave-worthy fried chicken from Yummy Bird without ever leaving the dance floor.
Want Latin comfort plates that taste like abuela’s Sunday spread? Book Maravilla Latin Cuisine. Need a late-night taco window for a film-festival after-party in the Funk Zone? Gloria's Gourmet Kitchen and Taqueria Mena keep the tortillas flying well past last call.
Whether you’re producing a 20-truck beachfront concert or a 2-truck tech launch downtown, our local team handles permitting, parking logistics, menu coordination, and real-time ordering apps—so you can focus on the stage lights, not the food lines. Reach out today and discover why Best Food Trucks is the go-to partner for large-scale food truck catering in Santa Barbara.
Skip the Line & Savor Your Santa Barbara Event
Best Food Trucks brings more than just the coast’s best mobile kitchens—we also bring a surf-smooth ordering experience made for Santa Barbara’s biggest crowds. Our cloud-based system lets Fiesta-goers at De la Guerra Plaza, concert fans at the Bowl, and alumni at UCSB’s Harder Stadium order straight from their phones, then stroll the venue while we cook. A quick text alerts them the moment their tri-tip torta or crispy rockfish taco is ready—no lines, no lost beach time.
Planning an airshow at Stearns Wharf or a tech expo at the Hilton Beachfront? Send guests a pre-order link days in advance so they can lock in a pickup window before doors even open. Our platform is built to handle high-frequency ordering, so whether you deploy two trucks or twenty, the flow stays fast and the focus stays on your program—not the queue.
Food truck catering for large-scale events in Santa Barbara has never been easier. Pair our local fleet with our seamless online ordering and give attendees the freedom to explore, snap sunset pics, and dance through intermission while their food finds them.
Hire a Food Truck for your Swap Meetin 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 (163,777 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.
Charissa H.
16 November 2025
Great customer service, cooked the pizzas to perfection and was very skilled! Service with a smile and very professional.
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
