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Food truck catering · Australia-wide

Great food trucks.
One enquiry.

Weddings, corporate days, festivals and parties. Tell us your date and headcount, and get quotes from vetted trucks within 24 hours, curated by an operator who knows every truck in town.

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Every truck checked & insured Quotes back in 24 hours One contact, one invoice Trucks across Australia
For event organisers · anywhere in Australia

Curated by an operator
who knows every truck

Any site can list food trucks. We run one. We know which trucks show up early, which menus hold up at 300 covers, and which we'd trust with our own clients, because we've worked beside them for years. If a truck's on here, it's one we'd book ourselves.

Tell us your event

Date, location, guest count, the food you're after. Two minutes, no obligation.

Get matched quotes in 24 hours

We match your event to trucks that fit it and are actually free on your date, and you get their quotes side by side.

Pick, pay a deposit, done

Choose the quote you like, lock the date with a deposit, and your truck rolls up on the day. We're a call away the whole way through.

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How much help do you want?

Essentials: free

Curated matching, quotes side by side, booking and payment handled. Our standard service, no fee.

Managed: $390

We run the logistics remotely: truck confirmations, run sheet, arrival times, and one phone number, ours, all event day.

On-site & staffed: from $990

A senior coordinator on the ground from bump-in to pack-down. One accountable person who owns the day ($990). Add professional wait staff at $190 each per service, plus travel. Melbourne and surrounds. You host; we carry it.

Why let us handle it

Your event has a hundred moving parts. The food shouldn't be one of them.

Chasing caterers for quotes. Wondering if they'll actually show up. Juggling deposits, dietaries, and a vendor who stops answering the phone the week before. That's the part we take off your plate.

Send one enquiry and we do the ring-around for you: real quotes from vetted trucks, checked for insurance, reliability and food we'd happily eat ourselves. You pick, we lock it in, and from that moment the food is our responsibility. If a truck falls over, we replace it. If something's off on the day, you call one number and we fix it.

"Before any truck goes on this site, I ask one thing: would I book them for my own family's wedding? If I'm not sure, they're not on here."
OwenFounder · running his own food truck since 2013
Owen · founder, food truck owner since 2013
Are you

Booking, or cooking?

For event organisers I'm booking an event Quotes, packages and menus. It's all above. Take me up ↑ For truck owners I run a food truck Free listings, gigs and automation. Keep scrolling. Keep going ↓
For truck owners · start here, it's free

List your truck.
We'll send you gigs.

No listing fee. No subscription. No lock-in. When an event comes through that fits your truck, it lands in your inbox. That's the whole deal, and it stays free forever.

You quote it

We send you the event details. Quote your price with our 10% built in, same as you'd price any agent gig.

We handle the client

Deposits, invoicing, the phone calls, the admin. All ours. You never chase a client for money.

You cook, you're paid in 7 days

Turn up, do what you do, invoice us for your quote less 10%, and you're paid within a week of the event. No win, no fee. Ever.

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For truck owners · automation

Your truck,
on autopilot.

I ran my truck the hard way: 25-plus hours a week on quotes, bookings, rosters, chasing deposits and guessing prep. Then I automated the lot. The automation is that exact system, rebuilt around your menu and wired into your accounts, by an automation specialist who's actually stood in a truck at 6am, not an agency guessing what you need. Done remotely, anywhere in Australia. Completely optional. The gigs keep coming either way.

$2,500 + GST founding rate: first 10 trucks, then $4,500 · one-off · live in 1–2 weeks

The maths: hand back even 10 hours a week and that's 500 hours a year. The automation pays for itself in the first few weeks, then keeps paying you in time, every week, forever.

"I'm not a software company. I'm an operator who got sick of losing bookings and guessing prep, so I built the system that fixed it. Every piece of it exists because a real event broke without it. Now I install it in yours."
Owen · founder, food truck owner

Enquiry form on your website

Menu, date, guest count. Every enquiry arrives complete.

Auto-quote while the lead's hot

Your pricing, sent in minutes. Stop losing bookings to slow replies.

Deposit & booking flow

Payment link, date locked, calendar filled, no double-handling.

Prep lists from your recipes

We build your quantities into the system, so bookings turn into prep lists, not guesswork.

Staff flow

Event details out, confirmations back. Everyone knows the job before the day.

Review & rebooking follow-up

Automatic thank-you, review ask and rebooking nudge after every gig.

You own everything

Every account and automation sits in your name. Full walkthrough included. If we ever part ways, it all keeps working, and it's all yours.

Totally optional · no pressure, ever

Want more? There's the Fleet

Listing is free and stays free forever. The Fleet is only for trucks that want first call on gigs and a hands-off system. Join if it earns its keep, leave if it doesn't. No lock-in.

Membership

The Fleet

$149 / month · cancel anytime

Not a maintenance fee. A seat at the table.

  • First call on bookings we route. When an event fits your truck, Fleet members hear about it before anyone else.
  • Recommended by name. When organisers ask who we'd pick, Fleet trucks that fit the brief are the first names out of our mouth.
  • Your system kept tuned: menu changes, price updates, fixes, new staff wired in.
  • Every new automation we build for our own truck, added to yours.
The maths: one routed booking covers months of membership. And fair warning: we only recommend trucks we'd put our own name behind, member or not.
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Consulting

Operator to Operator

Sometimes another set of ears opens an angle you can't see from inside the truck. Years of gigs, mistakes and fixes, packaged straight. First 30 minutes free.

  • The Hour: $150. 60 minutes on one problem, like staffing, pricing or a hard conversation. Straight answers, summary emailed after.
  • The Tune-Up: $450. Three hours across your whole operation (one sitting or split), ending in a written action plan.
  • The Start-Up: $950. Opening a truck? Two 2-hour sessions covering the truck, fit-out and suppliers, then menu, pricing and launch, plus a full written roadmap and 30 days of email questions.
You leave with paper: every package ends in writing: a summary, an action plan or a full roadmap. On-site days available by quote.
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Questions

Good to know

Booking an event

What does your service cost me?

Nothing. Getting quotes and booking through us is free for event organisers. The price on your quote is the price you pay, on one invoice.

What happens if a truck cancels?

That's our problem, not yours. We only work with trucks we know personally, and if something goes wrong we find you a replacement. You deal with us the whole way through.

How far ahead should I book?

Weddings and Christmas parties: as early as you can. Smaller events: a few weeks is usually fine. Either way, send the enquiry and we'll tell you straight what's realistic for your date.

Are you only in Melbourne?

No. Melbourne is home base and our deepest network, but we list and book trucks across Australia. The only Melbourne-only service is on-site event staffing, which needs us physically there.

Do prices include GST?

All prices on this site are ex-GST. GST is added at invoice, and you'll receive a full tax invoice for everything.

Running a truck

Doesn't the 10% eat my profit?

No. You know the 10% before you quote, so you price the job with it in. Your margin stays your margin, and the booking is still work you didn't have yesterday. Compare it to lead marketplaces (subscription plus shared leads sold to five of your competitors) or ads (you pay whether you win or not). Here: no win, no fee.

How does the money side work?

We handle the client end-to-end: deposit, invoicing, the lot. You quote the gig, turn up and cook, then invoice us for your quote less the 10%, and we pay you on agreed terms. No chasing clients for deposits, no unpaid invoices, no admin. One counterparty, guaranteed payment.

Who owns the system after the automation setup?

You do. Every tool and automation is set up in your accounts, under your email. We keep admin access only while building or while you're in the Fleet. Leave anytime. It all keeps working, and it's all yours.

If I own it, why stay in the Fleet?

Because the Fleet isn't maintenance, it's bookings, upgrades and backup. Members are first in line when we route events, get every new automation we build, and have an operator to call. The system is yours either way; the Fleet is what keeps it earning.

What do the tools cost me?

Most trucks run on free or near-free tiers, usually under $50 a month, paid by you directly, so nothing's hidden in our fee.

I'm not in Melbourne. Can you still install?

Yes. The whole setup happens online, in your accounts, over a couple of calls. Perth to Cairns, same system, same 1–2 weeks.

Do I need to be technical?

No. If you can read an email and answer your phone, you can run it. Full walkthrough included.

Let's get rolling

Booking an event, or running a truck? Get in touch and we'll be back within a day.

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Or call Owen on 0494 797 119 · Mon–Fri, 9–5