Street food including food trucks, pushcarts and pop-up restaurants has become a huge food trend in recent years, and London is a great place to operate. London is the perfect place for food trucks, British comfort food favorites, creative delights and simple affordable meals that can succeed well in council blocks, high-end high streets and city hangouts, and the cost to start a food truck is It’s more affordable to open a restaurant in a specific location.

Necessary licenses for food trucks in London You must register your food truck with the local authority 28 days before putting your food truck on the road. Registering your business is free. You must also be certified through a Level 2 or 3 Food Safety and Hygiene course. Level 2 authorizes you to prepare and cook food on a mobile food truck; Level 3 authorizes you to supervise a team of employees.

You will need liability insurance to cover accidental poisoning or poor driving that results in injury to a client. There are real liability risks with any food service. You may want to check with a professional company, as not every insurance company will cover mobile caterers.

You must also develop a hazard analysis and critical point control plan, also called a HACCP plan. The plan shows how you plan to protect your food from chemical, biological and physical contamination.

You must also register a tax account with HMRC. It is important to research the streets where food cart operations are prohibited and you must obtain LPG and PAT test certificates.