Weddings — HoTaco

Nobody remembers the chicken. They remember queueing twice, and the bloke carving pork off a spinning trompo while everyone stands around watching. That is what you are actually booking.

A bride and groom stood together at the HoTaco truck at night, eating tacos under the lit TACOS sign. — 01Both of them fed. It does happen.

The bride laughing with a guest, both holding plates of tacos in front of the truck. — 02Half eleven. Second serve.

The bride holding a plate of tacos in front of the truck at night. — 03Nobody sat down. Nobody complained.

We do not do a sit down service and we would talk you out of one. The truck works best parked where people can see it, open from the moment the speeches finish, with guests wandering over when they are hungry rather than all at once because a toastmaster said so.

Everything is made on site that morning. The salsas, the pickles, the guacamole. The al pastor goes on the trompo and gets carved to order in front of whoever is standing there. It is the only bit of theatre we do and we do not have to try very hard with it.

A close up of tacos being handed over, guests behind. — 04Carved to order.

A frijoles taco with pickled red onion, guacamole and feta. — 05The vegetarian one people fight over.

Two guests eating tacos together in the sun, plates in hand. — 06Earlier on. Same truck.

HOW IT RUNSA TYPICAL DAY

01The morningWe arrive three to four hours before service. Everything is prepped and cooked on site from here, not brought in finished.On site early

02ServiceUsually an hour and a half for the main serve. Guests come to the truck, three tacos a head, no queue longer than a few minutes.90 mins

03Late foodOptional second serve later on, normally around eleven. It is the thing people talk about the next day.Add on

04OutWe clear our own site and take our waste with us. Your venue will not know we were there.Included

WHAT IS INCLUDEDNO EXTRAS ON THE DAY
—The truck and crewThe step van, the trompo, and enough hands to serve your headcount without a queue building.Included
—All the foodThree tacos a head off a menu we build with you, plus everything that goes on them.Included
—Self containedOwn power, own water, own waste. If your field has nothing, that is fine, it is what the truck is for.Included
—DietariesVegan, vegetarian, gluten free and nut free done properly rather than as an afterthought. Tell us in advance.Included
—TravelWithin forty miles of Saffron Walden. Further afield is quoted on the day, not sprung on you later.40 miles
—PaperworkFive star hygiene rating, ten million liability cover, gas and electrical certified. Your venue will ask, we send it the same day.On request

PRICEINDICATIVE
—FromPer guest, three tacos each, everything included.£38 a head
—Smaller weddingsUnder about seventy guests the rate goes up, not down. A fifty person wedding takes the same truck, the same crew and the same morning of prep as a hundred and fifty.Quoted
—Peak datesSaturdays from May to September carry a premium. They are the days everybody wants and we can only be in one field.+
—MinimumThere is a floor on what it costs to get the truck to you and back with a crew on it.£2,500
—To hold a dateHalf to confirm, balance seven days before. Dates go on a first come basis, we do not hold without a deposit.50%

Give us a date and a rough headcount and you will get a real number back, usually the same day. We would rather tell you straight than talk around it.

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