Dec 8: Valinda, St Martha’s Parish Food Truck Festival

Follow them on twitter at @_SMFoodtrucks

Seabirds chef lands temp gig in Newport (Dec 6-9)

Article in the OC Register by Nancy Luna:

Seabirds Truck founder Stephanie Morgan acknowledges she has been AWOL lately, but for good reason. She’s been cooking up a few deals to expand her popular vegan truck business.

The latest coup: Seabirds is hosting a three-day pop-up event at Whole Foods Market in Newport Beach.

Stephanie Morgan and her vegan food truck arrive at the SOCO Collection Farmers Market on Hyland Avenue in Costa Mesa on Saturday. Seabirds Truck has developed a loyal following of customers who not only show up on Saturdays, but also go to the various other locations the truck moves around to throughout the week.

Morgan is taking over the kitchen at the store’s Back Bay Tavern restaurant Dec. 6-8. The vegan menu will be available 11 a.m.- 10 p.m.

“I’m excited to be in a kitchen and not on wheels,” Morgan said.

In addition to serving signature dishes like her critically reviewed avocado tacos, Morgan said the pop-up menu will offer complicated dishes that can’t be done on the truck, such as butternut squash enchiladas and a persimmon roasted beet carpaccio.

The pop-up will act as a dry run for Morgan, who has plans to open a brick and mortar restaurant in Orange County. No deals have been finalized, but she’s hoping to launch a taco stand in Santa Ana. A larger restaurant is also in the works.

“We’d love to be part of downtown Santa Ana,” she said.

Morgan is also getting into the wholesale market.

She’s selling vegetarian wraps and burritos to San Diego State’s Aztec Market, a student-run convenience store on campus. Morgan said the market contacted them after tasting her food.  “We’d love to get with more schools,” she said. “So many kids want healthier options.

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Nov 17: Farm to Food Truck Challenge 4

Event was postponed to November 17 due to the possible inclement weather.

On Saturday, November 10th we are hosting a farmers’ market feast for you, our friends and fans. 20 local farmers and vendors, 15 gourmet food trucks, 5 challengers and an estimated 2,000 attendees will all come together to celebrate our second birthday and compete in our Farm to Food Truck Challenge IVYou’ll be able to taste the market from our challengers and celebrate our two years at SoCo Collection! 

Fifteen gourmet food trucks will serve food during the market, with five of our gourmet food truck chefs competing in an epic challenge. Chefs will source farm fresh ingredients from our certified farmers.

A $30.00 donation to our non-profit gets you a sampling plate from each of our five competition trucks! Friends, fans, and previous Top Chop Judges will join together to feast at our long communal tables in the middle of the market to vote with their forks and choose the next Top Chop Truck.

Click here for tickets

SCHEDULE
Tasting begins at 12:00pm 
Judging begins at 1:00-1:30 
Announcing winner at 1:30-2:00

INGREDIENTS
The five mandatory farmers market ingredients are: 
  • Butternut squash- Bautista Creek Local Produce or Pedros Farms
  • Walnuts- Bautista Creek Local Produce
  • Pomegranate- Nicholas Family Farms or Atkins Farms
  • Kale- Menos Farms or Gaytan Farms
  • Mushrooms- Kanes Family Farm
DISHES
Five Challengers will create five competition dishes using SoCo Farmers Market ingredients and Savory Spice salts and spices. 

TICKETS
Purchase a $30 Tasting Ticket to eat one of each of the Challengers competition dishes via PayPal. Only 100 Tasting Tickets sold!

LINE UP 
    • Taco Maria (competition)
    • Seabirds*** (competition)
    • Tamarindo*** (competition)
    • A Bite Truck*** (competition)
    • Chomp Chomp Truck*** (competition)
  • Also in attendance
    • Dos Chinos
    • Front Porch Pops
    • Garlicscapes
    • Piaggio On Wheels
    • Pulp Fusion
    • Rancho A Go Go
    • Tailgate Truck
    • Tasting Spoon
    • The Flip Truck
    • Tornado Potato
    • Waffles De Liege 

    Oct 6: Pechanga Food Truck Festival

    Mark your calendar –
    We’re bringing back the trucks
    Saturday, October 6th 2012!
    Temecula, California ·

    Oct 6: Lomita, St. Margaret Mary’s Dine n Dash

    SAVE THE DATE — SATURDAY!
     
     
    25511 Eshelman Avenue Lomita, CA 90717 with over 11 gourmet food trucks from 5PM-9PM

    (unsure if this is a weekly event?)