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By Ben Tompkins

Food Truck Wars

Third Annual Food Truck Wars to take place in Melfort this weekend

May 25, 2022 | 2:11 PM

The third annual Food Truck Wars will take place at the Exhibition Grounds in Melfort from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. starting on Friday.

A Taste of Home Food Booth will be headlining the event, serving Filipino delights and bubble tea.

Dale Belair, promoter for Food Truck Wars explained how events like these began, which have grown since their birth at the beginning of the pandemic.

“We started during lockdowns two years ago and we were the only company operating. Our first event was in Tisdale and that was a couple of years ago and it was very successful and we just sort of continued from there…We weren’t expecting it to really take off as it did, so I’m pretty happy with the way things are going now.”

As far as how this event and others are lined up, Belair said things like Raymore Summer Slam, Mouth for Food Truck Wars, Battle of the Prairies and Trout Festival are just the tip of the iceberg.

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“A lot of carnival foods,” he said. “We’ve got Liz Bottner coming; she’s got the first pizza truck with homemade pizza that we’ve ever had. There’s going to be mini donuts, poutine, full meals and then Jim Pringle from Melville. He’s got the first barbecue rotisserie mobile chicken unit and then of course we’ll have our Flipino booth there as well, along with things like candy floss, drinks, popcorn, slush, ice cream and other things like that.”

The event will have free admission, with each truck having its own separate pricing for each menu item. And with no restrictions anymore, customers will be able to walk right to the vendor window, order straight off the menu and then sit in the sun at provided tables and enjoy their meal of choice.

All trucks are fully licensed with the SHA and will be re-inspected before the event begins. Should there be an issue, the truck will be removed and customers will be notified of the change.

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