Tampa is a hot market for food trucks. There are ample underutilized lots, breweries, and recurring neighborhood events for owners to park their mobile kitchens and serve an eager (and hungry) audience. Florida Penguin Productions, an organization dedicated to putting on engaging food festivals, has announced the International Food Truck Festival at Tampa Premium Outlets on April 1 and 2.
Tickets to this event are just $5, and organizers have already confirmed 50+ food trucks for the event, with the hope of hosting at least 80 by April 1st. Organizers will be fundraising for three different charities during the festivities: Stano Foundation, Celebrate Birthdays, and GFWC Pasco Junior League.
Those interested in entering your Food Truck/Tent/Trailer into this festival can call 727-674-1464 and ask for Halee. Interested parties can also email halee(at)floridapenguinproductions.com. Florida Penguin has an online vendor portal that makes it easy to register online.
Not only is the international food truck festival family-friendly, but because it’s outdoors, it’s also pet-friendly. Enjoy a full day, 12pm-6pm, celebrating the surging and vibrant food truck culture of the greater Tampa Bay region. Teased food trucks include a few of That’s So Tampa’s staff favorites:
- Brazilian Fun Foods LLC
- Polish Babki Kitchen
- Grace’s Taste of Poland
- Currywurst Truck SRQ
- Far Out Fries
- Juju Taiyaki
- Sweet Rolled Tacos
- The Wright Kinda BBQ
- Juicy Bones BBQ
- Meathead’s Bbq Food Truck
- SnowFlakes Shaved Ice
- Twograndma Soulfood
- Mama Ganoush
- Two Grandma’s Soul Food
- Krispy Rooster
- From the Soul to the Sea
- Willy Ts Crab Shack
- Glazed and confused mini donuts
Keep up with new additions on the festival’s event page.
Florida Penguin Productions puts on some of the best events in the entire state and they have a huge array of festivals on the horizon. Here are the events you need to keep on your radar:
- April 15: 3rd Annual Pasco Burger and Beer Festival – Land O Lakes Heritage Park
- April 16: Harvest Market and Chalk Festival – Grove at Wesley Chapel
- May 6: Treat Yourself Like a Queen Women’s Expo – The Mall at UTC
- May 7: All About Women Expo – Westfield Brandon
- May 27: Spring Indie Market / VegHead Music and Wine Festival – The Mall at UTC
- June 3: Summer Rum and Seafood Festival – Tampa Premium Outlets
- July 1: Suncoast’s Largest Food Truck Festival 3.0 – The Mall at UTC
More food festivals to attend in Tampa Bay:
- TASTE at The Straz – April 1 at The Straz
- Tampa Bay Food and Wine Festival – April 12-15 at Curtis Hixon Park
- Busch Gardens Food and Wine Festival – March 11-May 21 at Busch Gardens
- PhilFest – Filipino food celebration – March 31-April 2
