Taqueria del Vaquero. Mexican street food, cooked on a 1978 step van. Essex, England.

Four different jobs that all end the same way, with a queue and an empty truck. What changes is the timing, the paperwork and who is paying.

A member of the HoTaco crew holding a Vote For HoTaco placard in a busy festival crowd.
01British Street Food Awards.
CORPORATELUNCHES, LAUNCHES, CHRISTMAS
—What it isStaff lunches, client days, product launches and the Christmas do. We park up, serve for an hour or two and go.Half day
—Why it worksIt is not a buffet in a meeting room. People get up, walk outside and talk to each other, which is normally the point of the day.—
—IndoorsWe have a second setup that is fully electric, no gas and no extraction, for venues a truck cannot reach.Available
—FromPer head, three tacos each. Invoiced properly with payment terms if your finance team needs that.£32 a head

Christmas books up in October and it is always the same people ringing in late November wondering what happened. If you are thinking about December, think about it now.

FILM & TELEVISIONUNIT CATERING
—Crew feedingFast, hot, and the same standard at six in the morning as at eight at night.—
—Self containedOwn power and water. We are not plugging into your genny unless you want us to.Included
—TurnaroundUsed to call times moving and schedules going sideways. It does not faze us.—
—FromPer head, per service. Early calls and late wraps are part of it. Multi day rates on request.£45 a head
The back of a HoTaco Taco Club shirt worn by a member of the crew working inside the truck.
02Our crew, not an agency.
A festival crowd stretching across the field in front of the truck, with a Vote For HoTaco placard held up in the middle of it.
03The queue is the marketing.
FESTIVALSHIGH VOLUME
—VolumeBuilt for it. The menu is short on purpose so the queue keeps moving when there are three hundred people in front of you.—
—ComplianceFive star rating, ten million cover, gas and electrical current. Everything an organiser asks for, sent same day.Ready
—PresenceA 1978 American step van with a six foot TACOS sign on the roof. It does a job for your site whether people eat or not.—
—TermsPitch fee or percentage, both fine. Talk to us early, the good weekends go first.Either
A queue at the truck on a festival site in daylight, the red TACOS sign above the hatch, bunting and picnic tables behind.
04Serving and campaigning at once.
Three guests stood together eating tacos at a festival in the sun.
05Open field. Summer.
PRIVATEBIRTHDAYS AND PARTIES
—What it isBig birthdays, anniversaries, engagement parties, or a field and a hundred people and no particular reason.—
—WhereYour garden, a village hall car park, a field. The truck needs firm ground and about six metres.—
—FromPer head, three tacos each, everything in. Smaller numbers carry a higher rate.£32 a head
—MinimumThere is a floor on what it costs to get the truck out and back with a crew on it.—

Give us a date and a rough headcount and you will get a real number back, usually the same day.

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