Attracting over 10,000 guests each year, and having provided thousands of dollars to help the Rotary Club’s various charities, the competition continues to grow and thrive as Springfield’s must-taste event of the summer. What better way to show support than sponsoring the event?
Vendor applications are now available for the Springfield Rotary’s 5th Annual Gourmet Food Truck Competition, which is set to take place Saturday, Aug. 18 from 11 a.m. – 9:30 p.m. in Veterans Park.
Food trucks from Ohio, neighboring states and beyond will return to Veterans Park in Springfield, Ohio this August in celebration of the fifth annual Springfield Rotary Gourmet Food Truck Competition. Mark your calendars for Saturday, Aug. 18 for Springfield’s “must-taste” event of the summer!
Thousands of foodies gathered in Veterans Park today to relish the array of 37 unique food trucks, enjoy locally-crafted beer and mingle with other food truck lovers, all while celebrating with grand prize winner, Smokin’ Bee-Bee-Q, and the first-ever People’s Choice Award winner, The Beerded Pig, in what became a family affair.
Thank you to Speedway for being the 2016 Springfield Rotary Gourmet Food Truck Competition event sponsor!
Attendees at this year’s Springfield Rotary Gourmet Food Truck Competition will once again have all the information they’ll need to enjoy the day in their pocket and at their fingertips with the mobile app designed to compliment the fifth annual event. The app is also the only way to vote for the People’s Choice Award Winner.
Heres’s a quick list of all the food trucks who will be present at the 2018 competition. This list will be continually updated as new trucks are accepted and added.
We specialize in French Crepes, both sweet and savory options (including our Chicken Pesto, BBQ and Chorizo Twist Crepes). We also have house-cut frites, truffle parm frites and loaded chicken frites.
We are family-owned and operated self-serve frozen yogurt truck offering 23 flavors of delicious creamy frozen yogurt, ice cream, gelato and sorbet including non-dairy and sugar-free varieties. For the most creative combinations we carry over 100 different toppings.
Our truck was developed and created by the culinary instructors and students at the Springfield Clark CTS as a lesson in entrepreneurship The students also developed the menu through trial and error and used marketing strategies like focus groups to put out the best menu we could in a minimal amount of wait time.
Celtic Pig BBQ grew out of a passion for slow cooking and a shared Scotch-Irish heritage. Pig BBQ serves up a Kentucky twist on Celtic favorites like tatties and neeps, haggis and savory meat pies; authentic Kentucky BBQ standards like pulled pork, brisket and ribs; and traditional sides like mac and cheese, green beans and baked beans.
The Tin Food Truck dishes out the best tacos in Cincinnati. With homemade, fresh, wholesome salsas and sauces; paired with savory natural smoked meats; The Tin’s flavors are melt-in-your-mouth delicious. Focusing on perfect, unique food pairings and high quality ingredients, the Tin Man Grill is making a name for themselves quickly in Cincinnati.
