Evening guests
Evening wedding street food
from £14 per guest
- Sukhumvit pad thai cooked to order
- Vegan stir fry with jasmine rice
- Served from the hatch
- Bamboo plates and cutlery
- £5m public liability insurance
- 5-star food hygiene
- Cooked fresh on site
Food truck & food van hire
Thai food truck hire for weddings, parties and events
Our converted horse-box food van parks up at your wedding, party or event and cooks pad thai, curries and spring rolls fresh in front of your guests.
- From £14 per guest
- Up to 450 guests
- Self-contained, own gas
- 5.0 from 66 Google reviews
A food truck turns dinner into part of the entertainment. Guests wander over, watch the woks, smell the lemongrass and go back for more. Our Thai food truck is a converted horse box, fitted out as a working street food kitchen, and clients regularly tell us it is the cutest thing at the party.
Fan Thai Sticks started as a food truck, and street food is still at the heart of what we do. We bring the van to weddings, garden parties, birthdays, school and village fairs, corporate family days and festivals across Essex, London and the South East.
- Pad thai and curries cooked to order
- Priced per guest, no separate hire fee
- Self-contained with certified gas
- Vegan and gluten-free dishes built in
Quick answer
How much does it cost to hire a food truck?
Our Thai food truck is priced per guest rather than as a flat hire fee: from £14 per guest for street food mains, £17 with two spring rolls and £24 with starters, satay, two mains and staff. Evening food for 100 wedding guests starts at about £1,400, with no pitch fee on top.
See prices and examplesWhere our food truck works best
- Weddings: as the main meal for relaxed, festival-style weddings, or as the evening food when the dancing starts.
- Garden parties and birthdays: on the drive or the lawn, cooking to order all evening.
- Corporate family days and staff summer parties.
- School fairs, village fêtes and community events.
- Festivals and outdoor events, where we can serve a fast-moving queue.
Wedding food truck hire
A wedding food van is one of the most popular ways to feed evening guests: hot pad thai at nine o'clock is exactly what a dance floor needs. Some couples go further and have the van for the whole day, with canapés from the hatch during the drinks and street food mains for the wedding breakfast. The van looks lovely in photos, and there is no venue kitchen to worry about.
Food van hire for parties and private events
For private events you pay per guest and everyone eats, rather than guests queueing and paying individually. That keeps it simple for you and means nobody goes hungry. Menus are agreed in advance from our street food favourites, with vegan and gluten-free options built in.
What we need on site
A reasonably flat spot the van can reach, on hardstanding or firm grass, and somewhere for guests to queue. We carry our own gas, which is safety certified, and the van is PAT tested. We will ask about access, gates and parking when you book, and we can check photos or a map pin of tricky sites.
Food truck hire across Essex and London
The van is based in Chelmsford and travels across Essex most weekends, into London and out to Hertfordshire, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Kent. Travel is included in your quote, and for London events we plan parking and access with you in advance.
Sample menus
Thai food truck hire menus
Every menu is built around your event. These are the combinations clients ask for most, with the starting price for each.
Birthdays and garden parties
Garden party menu
from £17 per guest
- Choice of curry or pad thai
- Jasmine rice
- Two hand-rolled spring rolls
- Cooked to order all evening
Food truck weddings
Full street food feast
from £24 per guest
- Spring rolls and chicken satay
- Two mains of your choice
- Mango sticky rice (from £6.99)
- Two staff for two hours
Dishes our clients choose most
All cooked fresh on site by chef Nok. Tap a dish for ingredients, allergens and photos.
Prices
How much does Thai food truck hire cost?
Food truck hire is priced per guest so everyone eats:
| Street food mains | from £14 per guest |
|---|---|
| Main plus two spring rolls | from £17 per guest |
| Starters, satay and two mains with staff | from £24 per guest |
| Minimum spend | £1,000 |
No separate pitch or hire fee. Food truck bookings have a minimum spend of £1,000 and cater up to 450 guests.
Examples
What it costs in practice
Guide prices for the food, worked out from our published per-guest prices.
- 70guestsGarden party with spring rolls70 × £17 per guestfrom£1,190
- 100guestsEvening food at a wedding100 × £14 per guestfrom£1,400
- 200guestsCorporate family day200 × £14 per guestfrom£2,800
How it works
From first message to empty plates
- 1
Tell us about your event
Date, venue, rough guest numbers and the kind of food you like. A quick form or a phone call is enough.
- 2
Get a tailored quote and menu
Mihai sends a quote with menu suggestions and answers your questions. Tasting sessions are available for weddings.
- 3
Lock in your date
A deposit secures the date. We confirm final numbers, dietary needs and timings with you and your venue nearer the time.
- 4
Enjoy the day
We arrive early, cook everything fresh on site, serve your guests and clear away. You just enjoy the food.
Google reviews
What our clients say
Every one of our 66 Google reviews is five stars. A few of them, in our clients' own words:
“They set up their kitchen in our garden and it looked amazing… all of our 80+ guests loved the food and thought that the whole event was fan-thai-stick!”
“We hired Fan Thai Sticks as a food truck at our wedding and they were absolutely brilliant, the food was delicious and went down so well with all our guests!”
“We had 2 food trucks and this was by far the favourite. We ate them out of house and home.”
Why choose us
Why book us for food truck hire
A small, family-run Thai kitchen with the paperwork, kit and experience of a big caterer.
Cooked by a Thai chef
Chef Nok cooks the dishes she grew up with: massaman, green curry, som tam and mango sticky rice, made the proper way.
Cooked on site, served hot
Nothing is reheated from yesterday. The woks and food stations go up at your venue and food comes off them hot.
Every diet at one table
Vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free versions at no extra cost, and every dish labelled for the 14 allergens.
No venue kitchen needed
We bring the kitchen, or cook from our horse-box food van. Marquees, barns, gardens and fields are all fine.
Paperwork in order
5-star food hygiene, £5m public liability insurance, gas safety and PAT certificates, risk assessments on request.
One team, start to finish
Mihai plans your menu with you and is there on the day. Our Google reviews mention him again and again.
Areas we cover
Thai food truck hire near you
Type your town or postcode to see Thai food truck hire in your area. From our kitchen in Chelmsford we cover every Essex town and village, all 33 London boroughs and the counties around them.
- 310
- Essex towns and villages
- 33
- London boroughs
- 115
- London neighbourhoods
- ChelmsfordCM1
- ColchesterCO1
- Southend-on-SeaSS1
- BasildonSS14
- BrentwoodCM15
- BillericayCM12
- BraintreeCM7
- WithamCM8
- MaldonCM9
- HarlowCM20
- Saffron WaldenCB10
- Great DunmowCM6
- RayleighSS6
- EppingCM16
- London
- Bishop's StortfordCM23
All of Essex and London
Essex London
Questions
Food truck hire: your questions answered
Something else on your mind? Call 07301 975263 or send us your event details.
How much does it cost to hire a food truck for a wedding?
Our food truck weddings start from £14 per guest for street food mains and are typically £17 to £24 per guest with starters and staff. Everything is priced per guest, so there is no separate pitch or hire fee to add.
How much space does the food van need?
We need a reasonably flat area the van can drive onto, on hardstanding or firm grass, with room for a queue in front. Send us a photo or a map pin of the spot and we will confirm it works.
Do you need power or water?
We are largely self-sufficient and cook on our own certified gas. We will talk through power and water with you or your venue when we plan the event.
Can the food truck serve evening guests at a wedding?
Yes. Evening food from the van is one of our most popular wedding bookings and a great way to feed guests who arrive for the party.
Is there a minimum spend for food truck hire?
Yes, food truck bookings have a minimum spend of £1,000, about 70 guests on street food mains. For smaller parties we can cook from portable food stations instead, with a £750 minimum.
Can you bring the truck to a festival or public event?
Yes, we have served open-air events for over 300 people. Get in touch with the event details and expected numbers.
Can you cater for vegan, gluten-free, halal and allergy needs?
Yes. Every menu has vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free dishes at no extra cost, halal chicken is available on request, and every dish is labelled for the 14 major allergens. Tell us about allergies when you book; because we cook in shared facilities, we cannot promise a dish is completely free of any allergen.
Which areas do you cover?
From our kitchen in Chelmsford we cover every town and village in Essex, all 33 London boroughs, Hertfordshire, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Kent, and further across England for larger events. Travel is included in your quote.
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- £5 million public liability insurance
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