Food Truck Wars returns to Cloverdale Fairgrounds April 10-12<\/p>\n
Published 10:00 pm Monday, April 6, 2026<\/p>\n
Food Truck Wars is back this weekend at the Cloverdale Fairgrounds.<\/p>\n
Running Friday to Sunday (April 10-12), this year the War on Wheels will feature more than 35 food trucks, dozens of vendors, live entertainment, and a kids zone.<\/p>\n
The mini donut eating contest returns this year (April 10 at 6 p.m.) as does the hot dog eating contest (April 11 at 3 p.m.).<\/p>\n
Organizers bill the event at \u201cSurrey\u2019s biggest street food showdown.\u201d Festival-goers can taste fare from dozens of food trucks.<\/p>\n
\u201cCatch a wide variety of Greater Vancouver\u2019s most exciting local food trucks all in one place,\u201d organizers note.<\/p>\n
The 5th annual event will pit B.C.\u2019s best food trucks in a battle for trophies and bragging rights.<\/p>\n
Visitors will get to vote for their favourite food using a QR code poll linked around the fesatival site.<\/p>\n
After votes are tallied all weekend, the Poepel Chocie Award winnner will be announced on Sunday at about 3 p.m. Organziers will also hans out awards in severla other categoresi: the coveted People\u2019s Choice Winner!<\/p>\n
Organizers will also hand out awards for 2026 in the following categories: Meat Sweats, Best International\/Fusion, Best Between Buns, Best Classic, Sweetest Treat, Best In Show, Best Plant Based, and Best Creative Dish.<\/p>\n
The Greater Vancouver Food Truck Festival challenges \u201ccompetitive eaters\u201d to be part of its first Street Dogs Hot Dog Eating Contest. The contest \u201cbrings a fun, competitive element that showcases the passion our region has for food in a whole new way,\u201d said Jason Faria, festival owner.<\/p>\n
The contest, to take place on the main stage, will be about speed and not pace, as hot dog eaters will try to down as many dogs as possible in a set time limit.<\/p>\n
The festival is a three-day event featuring more than 35 food trucks, a large artisan marketplace with local vendors, live entertainment, family-friendly activities, and a beer garden featuring local craft breweries.<\/p>\n
Food Truck Wars will take place outside the Agriplex on the Cloverdale Fairgrounds, 6050 176th Street. Hours are: Friday from 3 to 9 p.m., Saturday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.<\/p>\n
Advanced tickets are available by donation, with partial proceeds being given to the organization\u2019s 2026 charity partner.<\/p>\n
Visit foodtruckwars.co<\/a> and greatervanfoodtruckfest.com<\/a> for more details, or to grab some tickets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Food Truck Wars returns to Cloverdale Fairgrounds April 10-12 Published 10:00 pm Monday, April 6, 2026 Food Truck…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":587455,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,87674],"class_list":["post-587454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-surrey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=587454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587454\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/587455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}