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Advice and planning guides

Practical guides to planning Mexican street food for weddings, parties and events, from how many tacos to order to where the food truck parks.

Mexican recipes

Cook it yourself: start with how to make tacos, or see all Mexican recipes.

Pork carnitas tacos
Slow-cooked pork, crisped at the end. Serves 6–8, 3 hr 35 min.
Beef birria tacos
Braised beef, crisp tacos and consommé. Serves 6–8, 4 hr 10 min.
Al pastor-style pork tacos
Chilli-marinated pork with charred pineapple. Serves 4–6, 1 hr 5 min.
Chicken tinga
Shredded chicken in smoky chipotle sauce. Serves 4–6, 1 hr.

How much does Mexican catering cost?
Published UK prices, what changes the cost, minimum spends and what a good quote includes.
How many tacos per person?
Rules of thumb for taco quantities, from main meals to evening food and taco bars.
Questions to ask a Mexican caterer
A practical checklist of questions to ask before you book a taco caterer.
How to feed 100 guests
Serving styles, queues, quantities and timings for an event of around 100 people.
Food truck hire: a complete guide
How food truck hire works, what it costs and what your venue needs to know.
Food truck space, access and power: what to check
Access, ground, power, water and lawn protection: the checks to make before the truck arrives.
Outdoor catering: your wet-weather plan
Covered seating, queues, soft ground and truck access: a simple plan for rain.
Mexican street food vs barbecue vs hog roast
How tacos, a barbecue and a hog roast compare on diets, serving, space and cost.

Mexican wedding catering: a planning guide
Menus, serving styles, timings, diets and drinks for a Mexican street-food wedding.
Having a food truck at your wedding
Where the truck goes, how to manage queues and timings, and what to ask your venue.
A street-food wedding breakfast
How to make Mexican street food the main meal of your wedding day.
Wedding catering timeline: what to do and when
A month-by-month countdown for booking and planning your wedding food.
Evening wedding food ideas
Tacos, nachos and quesadillas for evening guests, with timing and quantity tips.

How to plan a taco bar
Fillings, tortillas, salsas, layout, quantities and diets for a build-your-own taco bar.
Mexican party ideas
Menu, drinks and decoration ideas for a Mexican-themed party, without the clichés.
Garden party food ideas
Easy crowd-pleasing food for a garden party, and how to plan for space and weather.
Mexican food for children’s parties
Mild tacos, quesadillas and nachos for children, with tips on allergies and serving.
How to plan a margarita bar
Drinks lists, alcohol-free options, licensing and serving responsibly at a margarita bar.
A guide to Mexican drinks
Margaritas, palomas, Mexican beer and aguas frescas explained, with licensing tips.

Corporate event catering ideas
Ideas for staff parties, team days, launches and conferences, with tips on timings, diets and drinks.
Office lunch catering ideas
Car-park food trucks, taco bars and burrito bowls: lunch ideas that fit a working day.
Christmas party catering ideas
Mexican street food for a festive party, and how to plan around cold, dark December evenings.
Festival catering: a guide for organisers
What to ask food traders: pitch size, power, water, waste, documents and trading terms.

Mexican food for dietary needs
Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free and allergies: how Mexican street food works for every guest.
Are corn tortillas gluten-free?
Corn has no gluten, but blends, shared lines and shared hotplates can change that. What to check.
Allergens at events: a guide for hosts
The 14 allergens, what caterers must tell guests, Natasha’s Law, and a host’s checklist.
Food hygiene ratings for caterers explained
What the 0 to 5 scores mean, how food trucks are inspected and how to check a rating.
How spicy is Mexican food?
Where the heat in tacos comes from, a guide to common chillies, and how to keep every guest happy.

Types of tacos explained
Al pastor, carnitas, birria, tinga, barbacoa and more: where each taco comes from.
Burrito vs taco vs quesadilla
Tortillas, fillings and size compared, and which works best at weddings, festivals and work events.
Corn vs flour tortillas
How corn and flour tortillas are made, how they differ, and which to choose.
What is birria?
The slow-cooked chilli stew from Jalisco, consommé, and the rise of quesabirria tacos.
A short history of the taco
Ancient tortillas, the disputed origin of the word, al pastor’s Lebanese roots and the taco’s spread.

Ready to plan your menu?

Served from our truck or trailer at your venue, garden or event
Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and dairy-free options, with allergen information
Tacos and taco bars, burritos, bowls, nachos and quesadillas
Mexican drinks bar: margaritas, Mexican beer and aguas frescas