The Greater Vancouver Food Truck Festival‘s 2nd annual Food Truck Wars event takes place at the KPU Campus in Langley in the spring of 2023.
The event in Langley takes place on the weekend of March 31st and April 1st and 2nd. Other similar, but smaller events hosted by the same organization include the Food Truck Festival at UBC on April 5th and 6th and the Burnaby Block Party at BCIT on April 22nd and 23rd.
For full details about Food Truck Wars and other similar events, visit greatervanfoodtruckfest.com.
Food Truck Wars in Langley
The Lower Mainland’s first Food Truck Wars event was in Cloverdale last year and it was awesome! This year’s event promises to be just as good, if not better!
In 2023 Food Truck Wars happens at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Langley on March 31st to April 2nd. If you like beer, artisan vendors and food, especially food truck food, you won’t want to miss this!
Food Truck Wars features over 40 food trucks on each of the three days. There is also live music and roaming entertainment, a beer garden and market vendors. It’s a family-friendly event and a competition between food vendors.
When, Where and How Much?
The event takes place at the Langley Campus of Kwantlen Polytechnic University. The university’s address is 20901 Langley Bypass. It’s about 7 km east of Cloverdale and 10.5 km southwest of Fort Langley.
Food Truck Wars happens on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday of March 31st and April 1st and 2nd in 2023. Hours of operation are from 4:00 until 9:00 pm on the Friday and from 11:00 am until 8:00 pm on the Saturday and Sunday.
Admission is by donation with funds raised benefiting the KPU Alumni Association & BC Children’s Hospital Foundation.
For full details about Food Truck Wars and other similar events, visit greatervanfoodtruckfest.com.
What to Expect
At Food Truck Wars you can expect to see lots of people having a good time while eating food from their choice of 45 or so different food truck vendors. There is a beer garden, but people can also wander around with their drinks within the site. There are also activities for children, a market area with about 20 artisan vendor stalls, and live entertainment including buskers, DJs and musicians.
The Competition
The event is called Food Truck Wars because it’s a competition between the different food vendors to see which is the public’s favourite.
Competition categories include Best Fusion, Best International, Best Plant-Based, Best Meat Sweats and Best Sweet Treat. There is also Best Between The Buns (which includes hot dogs, hamburgers and that sort of thing). New for 2023 there is also Best In Show (which factors in best taste, customer service, presentation and design) and Best Bang For your Buck.
Food Truck Wars Video
To give you an idea of what to expect, check out the following video. It shows what Food Truck Wars looked like when it took place in Cloverdale in 2022.
Other Information
To learn more about Food Truck Wars and other events put on by the same organization, see the Greater Vancouver Food Truck Festival‘s website.
The Greater Vancouver Food Truck Festival (GVFTF) hosts food truck-themed events in municipalities all around the Lower Mainland. In past years the event in Langley was part of Langley Community Day which usually happens on the Father’s Day weekend in June. This year Food Truck Wars is an extra event for that community.
Other GVFTF events most years include ones in Cloverdale, Richmond, Coquitlam, Chilliwack, Maple Ridge and other communities.
Other articles that might be of interest include the following:
- Greater Vancouver Food Truck Festival
- Lower Mainland Food Truck Festivals
- Metro Vancouver Restaurants
- Festivals & Events Calendar
