4 Food Trucks Better Than Your Set’s Boring Craft Services

Despite its glamorous reputation, set life in Los Angeles is grueling. If you’ve clicked on this, we probably don’t have to tell you that. Long days, high demands, and big egos come standard, no matter which side of the camera you land on.  It’s a machine made of people, and to operate effectively, it’s gotta get fed.

But crafty can only do so much. From morning omelettes to the afternoon granola bar, getting filled up so you can do your job’s never the problem. But to go the extra mile, you need a little inspiration to go with your ingestion. From actors to grips to makeup artists, everyone has a breaking point, and over the course of a 12 hour workday, those breaking points tend to live up to their name. Thanks to some amazing Los Angeles food trucks and a whole new brand of corporate catering, however, it’s never been easier to glue everyone back together, and inspire them to do their very best work, no matter what’s come before. Or more importantly, what’s yet to come.

Marcel Waffles

Say you’re the star of the show—the kind of star everything else revolves around – the schedule, the shots, the flavor of La Croix stocked in the cooler; quite literally everything. The director may be the official shot caller, but everyone knows you call the shots. So when those shots are taking longer than expected, whether you’re forgetting your lines, or aren’t feeling the stakes, or just aren’t being your best, everyone knows who to blame for the extra hours. Of course no one’s gonna say it to your face. But nip it all in the bud regardless by booking Marcel Waffles.  It’s the kind of truck that warms even the frostiest heart, no matter the time of day—from early morning to late night. Warmth is a star’s job, after all. Might as well do it deliciously.

Belly Bombz

So it’s that day, the day every tv producer dreads so hard that the fear trickles down to the whole crew…judgement day. Or more specifically, the day the network comes to visit. Maybe even worse—they’ve got press in tow. You’re shooting a killer show, you know it, and everyone on set knows it. You’ve got something special. The kind of special that flourishes with less opinions guiding it. Specifically the opinions of network executives. Book Belly Bombz to take your execs’ eyes off your show and onto a simmering host of Korean wings, sliders and sizzling-fresh entrees. It’s a truck that traffics in the hot, the spicy and the dazzlingly distracting. Stuff your bosses with so much killer food they’ll be too busy moaning to give notes. It’s a win/win for all of you, and more than that, a macro way to dodge micro-managing.

Humble Crust

On the flip side, say you’re a studio exec visiting set, and you’re really trying not to be the kind of exec that inspires all that aforementioned panic. You wanna be the exec that, somehow, some way…the entire set family loves. It’s a tall order, but you’ve got a special superpower—a.k.a. the studio credit card. Put it to use and book a literal pizza party for everyone. Humble Crust is a food truck whose pizza is anything but humble, and comes in diverse flavors that’ll brighten your crew’s day before you even walk on set. If you’re gonna be the corporate gal on set, you might as well employ grade A corporate catering to set the tone for just what kind of boss you’re gonna be. By the time you introduce yourself, you’ll already be family. Which makes it the perfect time to give notes.

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ROSIES Bus

As a director, you’ve always got a lot on your plate. But thankfully, dealing with extras isn’t one of them. That tends to fall to your ADs, who operate as your extra set of hands. So on the day you’re shooting your big crowd scene, the one where the hero dives out a window and runs through the streets, rest assured your extra hands will have their hands full with extras. Maybe think ahead then, and grab them something to soothe the joint pain of signing 1000 background sign out sheets. We hear ice cream tends to be anti-inflammatory. Book corporate catering through ROSIES Bus to grab the best ice cream sandwiches money can buy. The kind of sandwiches your extra hands will need two hands just to hold.  Of course wait til background’s wrapped to book it. Or else you’ll need a lot more extra hands to hold them back.

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