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Food Truck Employee Appreciation Catering in Santa Barbara

Don't let your amazing employee appreciation event get ruined by poor-quality food or an archaic and slow ordering service. Let Best Food Trucks blow everyone's minds with the best food trucks for employee appreciation events made by our professional chefs and streamlined by Best Food Trucks’ state-of-the-art ordering service!
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Best Catering Expertise

By managing food truck daily life from event booking, to online ordering and catering we have cultivated an intimate relationship with great vendors throughout the country and know exactly which truck(s) will suit your needs, from a small neighborhood party to massive corporate events.

Cities
1900+
Caterings
2,000+
Attendees
300,000+
Cuisines
80+

Santa Barbara Office Food Truck Catering

Give your team a lunch break they’ll actually look forward to with food truck catering for offices in Santa Barbara. Instead of reheated drop-off trays, bring a fully-equipped rolling kitchen right to your curb on State Street, in the Funk Zone, or out in the Goleta tech corridor. Fresh, made-to-order entrées are served seconds after they come off the grill, so your staff can savor real meals without leaving the office or hunting for downtown parking.

Best Food Trucks partners with the Central Coast’s favorite vendors, meaning your crew can rotate between spicy Mexican from Tacos Pipeye, Latin fusion plates courtesy of Maravilla Latin Cuisine, scratch-made tacos from Gloria’s Gourmet Kitchen, crispy fried chicken sliders by Yummy Bird, or authentic street classics from Taqueria Mena. With dozens of menu options, everyone—from vegans to the most devoted carnivores—finds something delicious.

Booking is simple: choose your truck, lock in a date, and let our automated scheduling platform handle the rest. Our local catering specialists coordinate arrival times, parking permits, and power requirements, and we remain on call before, during, and after the event to make sure service runs as smoothly as a sunset cruise across the Santa Barbara Channel.

Upgrade your next corporate lunch, employee appreciation day, or late-night product sprint with Santa Barbara’s best food truck catering. Your staff stays on-site, productivity stays high, and lunch becomes the highlight of the workday.

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Supporting Santa Barbara Small Businesses

Every time you schedule office food truck catering in Santa Barbara, you’re circulating dollars right back into our coastal community. The trucks we work with are owned by local families and solo entrepreneurs—the same folks you’ll see shopping the Saturday Farmers Market on Cota Street or cheering on the Gauchos at Harder Stadium. Your corporate lunch fuels their dreams and helps sustain Santa Ynez Valley farms, Harbor fishermen, and Funk Zone artisans.

Choosing a food truck is also the eco-smart way to feed the office. One self-contained kitchen uses far less power than a roomful of chafing dishes, and most of our vendors plate meals on compostable ware that slips straight into the city’s green bins. Less energy, less waste, and more time for everyone to hit East Beach after work.

So the next time you search for “corporate catering Santa Barbara,” invite Best Food Trucks to roll up to your curb. Your team enjoys fresh, made-to-order meals, local businesses thrive, and the environment gets a breather—all during your lunch break.

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Hire a Food Truck for your Employee Appreciationin Santa Barbara today

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Our Food Truck Catering Cuisines

With more than 80 food truck cuisines available, these are just a few of the favorites our clients love:

How We Make Food Truck Catering Easy

Streamlined Requests

With our quick and simple online catering form, you can request food trucks for your next event in a matter of minutes, specifying your guest count, budget and dates.

Choose Your Favorites

After you submit a catering request to us, our team will check availability for you and send over a list of amazing food truck menus to browse through (try not to drool).

Simplified Payments

Once you've decided on which truck you'd like to book, confirming them is as easy as clicking a button. All payments are handled securely on our website for ease of booking.

Pre-Ordering

If your meal time is limited, our staff will work with you to coordinate an online pre-order system where meals are predetermined and handed out hot during service.

Support Team

Our dedicated support team will be with you every step of the way from planning to organizing to grubbing your little heart out. With every event you'll have a dedicated member of our team available in case anything should arise.

Corporate Portal

With customizable features, executives can set up their own account, add a credit card and let their employees order as they want from the food truck or set spending limits.

They talk about us

4.64 (166,047 reviews)

Shirley D.

19 February 2026

The workers arrived early and were very pleasant and helpful!

Michael R.

10 February 2026

This truck was awesome. Friendly staff, great fresh food!

Sarah B.

29 January 2026

Papa Arepas was a big hit at my office. They arrived with plenty of time to set up, food ordering on their digital kiosk was easy and convenient, and the food was superb! We will definitely be having them back.

Kaitlyn F.

20 January 2026

Delicious and quick! Excellent experience. Our team loved it!

Michael R.

12 January 2026

Wings were great! Tasted like they were straight from a sports bar.

Tony F.

29 December 2025

Joann and her team with Senor Blues was a pleasure to work with for our company Xmas party. They showed up early and were ready to go when our party started and the food was delicious.

Matt T.

15 December 2025

Showed up early, were very friendly and the food was good.

Kenneth J.

21 November 2025

We hired the truck for an employee recognition event. Everyone enjoyed the fresh food!

Michael R.

12 November 2025

Always great! Good quality & Portions.

Brenda W.

3 November 2025

Tacos El Poblanito was fantastic! Everyone loved the food and the team on the truck was great. Great service, very personable and speedy service. Will def. hire again.

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