Street food traders run their own businesses, serving customers food and drinks from a stall or van.
41 to 43 variable
in your own business managing your own hours
You can get into this job through:
You can prepare for this job by doing a food production and cooking intermediate apprenticeship, or a senior production chef advanced apprenticeship.
You'll usually need:
It's common to get experience working in a cafe, pub, restaurant or hotel kitchen first and then set up your own street food business.
You'll need to register with your local Environmental Health Department before you start trading
Experience in catering or customer service will be useful.
You can find out more about careers in catering from the Hospitality Guild and the Nationwide Caterers Association.
You'll need:
You'll need to:
You'll need a Street Trading Licence unless you operate only at events on private land.
The Nationwide Caterers Association has information about setting up and offers advice about driving licences and regulations for towing catering vehicles.
Your day-to-day tasks may include:
You could work on festival sites, on the streets or on a market stall.
Your working environment may be outdoors some of the time and physically demanding.
With experience, you could move to a busier pitch.
Extra training in cooking and cuisine could help you to improve or widen the range of products you offer.
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