Fantasy Food Truck Showdown
Here are the guidelines for the FFTS 2015.
If guidelines change, we'll notify you and update via this link.
Official Hashtag: #FFTS2015 #FoodTruckLife
***This link including comp. rules and regs is for Food Trucks only. Poster and link for promoting and marketing to come.***
1) 6 Gourmet Food Trucks
One Soul
Cali Love
Brunch Boys
Gyro Stop
Culinerdy Cruzer
Mama Kim
2) 4 Host Breweries
Track 7 Brewing (Natomas) - May 7th
New Glory Brewing - June 4th
Out Of Bounds Brewing - July 2nd
Yolo Brewing - August 6th
3) Showdown Dates/Times/Location
a) 1st Thursdays 5-8PM
b) May-August
c) Different host brewery every month
d) Top trucks showdown for finale in final month
e) Event breakdown
5PM: Event Start Time
5PM-8PM: Food Truck Passes Sold (Small Plates + Beer)
***Encouraging only small plates to be offered $4-$6 range, try promoting Food Truck Pass to get more event goer interaction.***
6:30PM: Food Trucks Presented W/ Mystery Ingredient Boxes
7:15PM: Food Trucks Present Dishes W/ Beer To Judges
7:45PM: Judges Points & People's Choice Votes Tallied
8PM: Announce Monthly Winner & Update Standings
4) Competition
a) Mystery Ingredient Box
1a) 4 ingredients from Mystery Ingredient Box must be included in dish
2a) May use any other food/ingredients on hand to supplement Mystery Ingredient Box
3a) Paired with host brewery beer of choice (Included with Ingredient Box at event)
4a) Ingredient Box will be sponsored by a different restaurant each month (Restaurant Sponsors TBD)
b) Judging
1b) Judged by 4 Food/Beverage Industry Judges & 1 Social Media Winner each month
2b) 5 different Judging Criteria (Plating, Creativity, Taste, Pairs w/ Beer, Overall)
3b) Rating scale 1-10 for each criteria
4b) Total 250 Possible Points + 20 Extra Points for Peoples Choice Per Event (See below for Peoples Choice)
c) Bracket
1c) Points scale
2c) Standings adjusted each month
3c) 1 & 2 ranked trucks in standings vie for 1st/2nd in finale
4c) 3 & 4 ranked trucks in standings vie for 3rd in finale
d) After finale, top 3 place for awards "Trophy - Hardware:-)"
e) Peoples Choice Award
1e) Small plates with beer, judged by event attendees
2e) Each event goer can purchase Food Truck Pass (6 small plates + 1 beer + 1 Voting Voucher)
3e) Each event goer turns in Voting Voucher of favorite truck of the night
4e) Peoples Choice selected each month
5e) Winner of Peoples Choice receives additional 20 Points for bracket comp.
6e) Food Truck Pass will be sold at event for $25 (Beers In Sac will reimburse trucks $3 per and brewery $3 per ticket book purchase)