Event types

Food truck catering by event type.

Food Truck Community books food trucks for 15 distinct event categories across Chicagoland. Pick the event type, tell us the headcount, we source the right vendor and handle the logistics.

Birthday Party

From $16/guest · 30-250 guests

Birthday party food truck catering in Chicagoland is one of FTC's highest-volume private event categories. From backyard 30-guest events to milestone parties of 200+, food trucks turn a birthday into a shared experience with cuisine variety, no clean-up, and a focal point that gets photographed.

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Block Party

From $12/guest · 100-500 guests

Block party food truck catering in Chicagoland combines neighborhood-scale events with food trucks that anchor the day. FTC books block party trucks for residential street closures, HOA summer events, and neighborhood-association gatherings across 28 Chicagoland cities.

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Coffee Truck

From $5/guest · 50-500 guests

Coffee truck catering in Chicagoland books mobile espresso bars and coffee trucks for corporate offices, conferences, wedding morning-of service, and apartment community amenity programs. FTC books coffee trucks across 28 Chicagoland cities.

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Conference

From $18/guest · 75-500 guests

Conference food truck catering in Chicagoland supports multi-day business conferences, training events, and corporate offsites. FTC books conference trucks for breakfast, lunch, and reception service across hotel courtyards, corporate campus events, and dedicated conference venues across 28 Chicagoland cities..

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Corporate Breakfast

From $12/guest · 50-400 guests

Corporate breakfast food truck catering in Chicagoland covers breakfast burrito trucks, donut trucks, and breakfast sandwich vendors for early-morning corporate events. FTC books breakfast trucks for corporate kickoff events, conference morning service, and apartment community Saturday brunches across 28 Chicagoland cities..

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Dessert Catering

From $4/guest · 50-500 guests

Dessert truck catering in Chicagoland centers on ice cream trucks, cookie trucks, donut trucks, and gourmet dessert mobile units. FTC books dessert trucks as event add-ons or standalone catering for weddings, corporate appreciation events, and birthday parties across 28 Chicagoland cities.

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Food Truck Festival

From $12/guest · 500-5000 guests

Food truck festival planning in Chicagoland combines 5 to 20 food trucks at a single curated event. FTC plans food truck festivals for HOA summer events, corporate campus festivals, charity fundraisers, and community block parties across 28 Chicagoland cities.

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Fundraiser

From $14/guest · 50-500 guests

Fundraiser food truck catering in Chicagoland supports charity events, school fundraisers, nonprofit galas, and percentage-of-proceeds nights. FTC books fundraiser trucks across 28 Chicagoland cities for guest counts from 50 to 500+, including percentage-of-sale arrangements where a portion of truck sales is donated back to the host organization..

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Game Day

From $16/guest · 30-200 guests

Game day food truck catering in Chicagoland centers on tailgate-style events for Bears, Cubs, Sox, Bulls, and Blackhawks game days, plus Super Bowl parties and World Series watch events. FTC books game day trucks for corporate watch parties, residential tailgates, and apartment community watch events across 28 Chicagoland cities..

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Graduation Party

From $16/guest · 50-300 guests

Graduation party food truck catering in Chicagoland is one of FTC's busiest categories every May and June. High school, college, and grad school celebrations from 50 to 300+ guests run especially well as food truck events because cuisine variety lands with multi-generational guest lists and the truck itself becomes part of the celebration backdrop..

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Grand Opening

From $14/guest · 50-500 guests

Grand opening food truck catering in Chicagoland turns business launches, real estate ribbon-cuttings, and new-store opening events into community-attended celebrations. FTC books grand opening trucks across 28 Chicagoland cities for retail openings, restaurant launches, office relocations, and new-residential community openings..

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Holiday Party

From $18/guest · 50-400 guests

Holiday party food truck catering in Chicagoland covers corporate end-of-year events, employee appreciation parties, December open houses, and end-of-quarter gatherings. FTC books holiday trucks for corporate teams of 50 to 400+ across 28 Chicagoland cities.

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Late-Night Snack

From $8/guest · 100-500 guests

Late-night snack food truck catering in Chicagoland is one of the fastest-growing wedding add-ons. Trucks pull up at 10pm or 11pm with sliders, tacos, donuts, or fries to refuel guests after the wedding dinner.

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Multi-Truck Event

From $18/guest · 200-1000 guests

Multi-truck food truck events in Chicagoland combine 2 to 5 different cuisine trucks at a single event, giving guests broader variety and shorter lines. FTC books multi-truck setups for weddings of 200+ guests, corporate appreciation events of 300+, block parties, and large fundraisers across 28 Chicagoland cities..

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Trade Show

From $16/guest · 100-1000 guests

Trade show food truck catering in Chicagoland serves convention center events at McCormick Place, Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, and regional event spaces.

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We book everything from one-truck birthdays to 20-truck festivals. Tell us what you have in mind.

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