Weddings are one of those very personal affairs, where desires differ so greatly from one couple to the next. So many decisions to make, with often very little choice. And catering is one of those oh-so-important decisions. Sometimes it can be the difference between choosing one venue over another.
There are great benefits to choosing a venue that offers flexible catering arrangements – hello food trucks! You really can have your cake and eat it. What about that burrito truck you’re always banging on about to your friends? Or your fiancé’s favourite gourmet hot dog van? We say YES! And for those guests who have dietary requirements, never fear, there are way more options out there than you realise – vegan vans are often just as popular as the meat-based favourites.
Sometimes, you can even supplement a venue’s main catering services – we’re thinking fresh fried donuts or Italian gelato (or both)!
Below is a list of our favourite food truck friendly wedding venues that offer the flexibility for you to add that edgy element to your catering.
- 1. FLEURIEU CHERRIES
- 2. KUITPO HALL
- 3. KOONOWLA WINES
- 4. WHITE HILL ESTATE
- 5. ALDINGA SECRET GARDEN
- 6. BRIN FARM
- 7. THE RIVER BLOCK
- 8. VILLA VINEYARDS
- 9. THE BARNS OF FREELING
- 10. WERNER VINEYARDS
- 11. REDWING FARM
- 12. SINCLAIR’S GULLY
- 13. MT BEARE STATION
- 14. HUGHES PARK
- 15. PAXTON
- 16. BREMER FARM
- 17. MCLAREN VALE EVENT CENTRE
- 18. QUINCE BROOK
- 19. GLEN LEA HOMESTEAD
- 20. HASTWELL & LIGHTFOOT
1. FLEURIEU CHERRIES
Whilst wine is available in house with a very reasonable minimum spend, Fleurieu Cherries are flexible and allow you to supply your own beers, soft drinks and accompaniments as well as selecting your choice of caterers or even food trucks.
Fleurieu Peninsula
200 Guests
Venue Style – Boho, Country, Farm, Quirky, Winery
Access for Vans & Trucks – Easy
Power Available – Yes
Location – Pages Flat
2. KUITPO HALL
Offered as a dry-hire facility, Kuitpo Hall allows you the freedom to confirm your own beverages and caterer, or alternatively they are also happy to make a recommendation from their fabulous network of suppliers. With a full kitchen and bathrooms on site, there really aren’t any hidden extras to worry about.
Fleurieu Peninsula
200 Guests
Venue Style – Boho, Country, Quirky, Rustic
Access for Vans & Trucks – Moderate
Power Available – Yes
Location – Kuitpo
3. KOONOWLA WINES
This beautiful property on the skirts of the Clare Valley is an absolute stunner and offers couples in-house catering through a preferred supplier, as well as the option of food trucks.
Clare Valley
300 Guests
Venue Style – Country, Estate, Farm, Modern, Rustic, Winery
Access for Vans & Trucks – Moderate
Power Available – Yes
Location – Auburn
4. WHITE HILL ESTATE
A dry hire facility, White Hill Estate leaves you complete control over your experience. We love that Oliver’s partner with a variety of preferred caterers offering everything from gourmet plated menus to wood fired pizza. Of course, you can also source own alcohol, stylists and event planners. There is no cookie cutter here, only unique celebrations fitting of your personality and budget.
Fleurieu Peninsula
120 Guests
Venue Style – Boho, Country, Estate, Farm, Rustic, Winery
Access for Vans & Trucks – Moderate
Power Available – Yes
Location – McLaren Vale
5. ALDINGA SECRET GARDEN
The layered garden provides many different intimate spaces for guests including a wide gravelled laneway which is wrapped by large hedges and seasonal foliage. Venue hire of Aldinga Secret Garden is extremely affordable and allows you complete flexibility over catering and beverage selections and with great rear property access lends itself well to fun alternative food truck selections.
Fleurieu Peninsula
100 Guests
Venue Style – Boho, Coastal, Hipster, Quirky, Rustic
Access for Vans & Trucks – Moderate
Power Available – Yes
Location – Aldinga
6. BRIN FARM
As a VENYU exclusive this private property allows you full flexibility to make your own alcohol and catering arrangements. All spaces offer good vehicle access allowing food trucks, mobile bars and large equipment hire to all be strong possibilities.
Fleurieu Peninsula
150 Guests
Venue Style – Boho, Chic, Country, Estate, Farm, Hipster, Quirky, Rustic
Access for Vans & Trucks – Moderate
Power Available – Yes
Location – Kangarilla
7. THE RIVER BLOCK
If you’re on the search for a self-contained Riverland gem, with all the space and flexibility you could hope for, look no further – The River Block ticks every box. You can just about BYO everything to this venue, including your caterer or food trucks.
Riverland
120 Guests
Venue Style – Country, Estate, Farm, Quirky, Rustic
Access for Vans & Trucks – Easy
Power Available – Yes
Location – Bookpurnong
8. VILLA VINEYARDS
Villa Vineyard is a country vineyard owned by a family with a long history in the area, and the venue itself is located on 60-acres of beautiful green space. The dedicated reception space, the Tractor Shed, is ideal for hosting an evening wed-fest with your own food trucks dishing out the goods.
Fleurieu Peninsula
200 Guests
Venue Style – Coastal, Country, Estate, Farm, Hipster, Quirky, Rustic, Winery
Access for Vans & Trucks – Easy
Power Available – Yes
Location – Currency Creek
9. THE BARNS OF FREELING
Another exclusive VENYU property, the Barns of Freeling is a wide-open Barossa beauty with both space and views. You have complete freedom when it comes to your catering supplier.
Barossa Valley
100 Guests
Venue Style – Boho, Chic, Country, Farm, Hipster, Modern, Quirky, Rustic
Access for Vans & Trucks – Moderate
Power Available – Yes
Location – Freeling
10. WERNER VINEYARDS
If the gum-studded amphitheatre wasn’t enough to get you excited about this venue, how about the fact the owner is also an event manager and stylist? Werner Vineyards is another venue that allows you complete catering freedom – wheel those food trucks on in!
Fleurieu Peninsula
200 Guests
Venue Style – Boho, Coastal, Country, Farm, Quirky, Winery
Access for Vans & Trucks – Easy
Power Available – No
Location – Willunga
11. REDWING FARM
VENYU’s own exclusive Yorke Peninsula venue, Redwing Farm offers couples a piece of quiet farm life for their special day. Being a completely dry hire space means that you can bring in both your own choice of catering or food vans as well as beverage suppliers.
Yorke Peninsula
200 Guests
Venue Style – Boho, Coastal, Country, Farm, Hipster, Quirky, Rustic
Access for Vans & Trucks – Moderate
Power Available – Yes
Location – Weetulta
12. SINCLAIR’S GULLY
Standing amongst the candlebark gum forest at Sinclair’s Gully you’d think you were in the heart of the Australian bush, but this epic venue is only a 20 minute drive from Adelaide’s CBD. If that’s not the best bit already, they allow you to BYO caterer, alternatively they are happy to make a recommendation from their own network of amazing suppliers.
Adelaide Hills
100 Guests
Venue Style – Boho, Country, Hipster, Quirky, Rustic, Winery
Access for Vans & Trucks – Moderate
Power Available – Yes
Location – Norton Summit
13. MT BEARE STATION
Mt Beare Station is a fully flexible dry hire venue with its historic wool shed and 500 acres of open space, offers all the flexibility when it comes to catering (and beverages too). Even the caterers get to join in on the fun – the kitchen facilities are located within the Blacksmith shop!
Fleurieu Peninsula
250 Guests
Venue Style – Boho, Country, Estate, Farm, Quirky, Rustic
Access for Vans & Trucks – Easy
Power Available – Yes
Location – Mt Compass
14. HUGHES PARK
With complete freedom to choose your caterer and plenty of space to park a van or two, Clare Valley’s Hughes Park is without a doubt one of our more popular flexible venues.
Clare Valley
200 Guests
Venue Style – Chic, Country, Estate, Farm, Rustic, Vintage
Access for Vans & Trucks – Moderate
Power Available – Yes
Location – Watervale
15. PAXTON
Paxton is one of VENYU’s newest exclusive venues, and with good reason! With their selection of wines already available to select, all that’s left to do is organise your caterer or food truck – pizza anyone?
Fleurieu Peninsula
200 Guests
Venue Style – Boho, Chic, Country, Farm, Quirky, Rustic, Winery
Access for Vans & Trucks – Moderate
Power Available – Yes
Region – McLaren Vale
16. BREMER FARM
Bremer Farm is a dream space for DIY and BYO wedding lovers, so its only fitting that they have plenty of flexibility regarding catering suppliers, including food and beverage vans.
Fleurieu Peninsula
500 Guests
Venue Style – Boho, Country, Farm, Quirky, Rustic
Access for Vans & Trucks – Easy
Power Available – Yes
Location – Hartley
17. MCLAREN VALE EVENT CENTRE
The McLaren Vale Event Centre is another venue where catering is available to you, however you also have the choice to bring in your own caterer or food truck
Fleurieu Peninsula
500 Guests
Venue Style – Boho, Country, Modern, Quirky
Access for Vans & Trucks – Moderate
Power Available – Yes
Location – McLaren Vale
18. QUINCE BROOK
On the outskirts of Strathalbyn lies Quince Brook – a stunning working farm and totally dry hire property now available for weddings, and of course there is plenty of room for bringing in food trucks galore.
Fleurieu Peninsula
130 Guests
Venue Style – Boho, Country, Farm, Quirky, Rustic
Access for Vans & Trucks – Easy
Power Available – Yes
Location – Strathalbyn
19. GLEN LEA HOMESTEAD
Being a VENYU exclusive, Glen Lea Homestead is only available to a select few couples each year, and being completely flexible with all suppliers (including food trucks), it’s no wonder that this venue is so highly sought after.
Adelaide Hills
200 Guests
Venue Style – Chic, Country, Estate, Farm, Modern, Rustic, Vintage
Access for Vans & Trucks – Easy
Power Available – Yes
Location – Bugle Ranges
20. HASTWELL & LIGHTFOOT
With beverage packages covered by their expert team, Hastwell & Lightfoot allows couples to choose their own caterer or wheel in a few choices of food truck for your own winery wedstival.
Fleurieu Peninsula
150 Guests
Venue Style – Boho, Country, Rustic, Winery
Access for Vans & Trucks – Easy
Power Available – Yes
Location – McLaren Vale
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*Article updated December 2022*