The Jabberwocky Soliloquy | The Business of Catering

Knowing When to Stop Serving

by Flic Luxmoore | Wednesday, August 13, 2014 | Street Food, Street Food Theory, The Business of Catering

Gather round, pull up a chair and draw close to the fire, let me tell you the tale of when we stopped serving early and lived to regret it so that you, too know when to stop serving. Once upon a time we stopped serving early, you see, and later on we regretted it....

How Long do Festival Preparations Take?

by Flic Luxmoore | Wednesday, July 23, 2014 | Street Food, The Business of Catering

This week we are gearing up for our largest festival of the year, Global Gathering. This is a repeat event for us, as last year we did well and discovered that while dance festival visitors eat at rather odd times, they do actually still eat. This is contrary to the...

The Law of Festival Returns

by Flic Luxmoore | Wednesday, July 16, 2014 | Street Food Theory, The Business of Catering

This year, now our 3rd whole year of trading, we will be returning to more festivals than those which we will be trying for the first time. This is a natural evolution of the street food calendar, as you root out the rubbish events and ditch them for ones that are...

What Makes A Street Food Vendor?

by Flic Luxmoore | Wednesday, February 19, 2014 | Street Food, Street Food Theory, The Business of Catering

For the last few weeks I have been working through applications to join our collective, Scoff. One of he questions we ask in the application form is “Why did you get into street food?”. There isn’t a right answer, but we were curious to see what...

Response from Chris White MP

by Flic Luxmoore | Monday, December 23, 2013 | The Business of Catering

Two weeks ago I wrote a letter to Chris White, MP for Leamington Spa and Warwick, asking if there were any plans in the works for helping the street food industry deal with the current VAT rate of 20%. He answered. His response follows below. We will try and get a...

The Jabberwocky 2013 in Numbers

by Flic Luxmoore | Wednesday, December 18, 2013 | Food Van Driving, Street Food, The Business of Catering

First, let me begin with a giant thank you. To everyone who bought a toastie, encouraged, helped and guided us through the year. We have two more events left, but this will be the last blog of 2013, as the next two Wednesdays are a little inconveniently sited. I hope...