--- title: "Festival & Event Catering Blog | Bite Me Events" description: "Practical articles from a working Scottish event catering team — covering trader vetting, festival logistics, hygiene law, and street food start-ups." lang: en json-ld: | { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Blog", "name": "The Bite Me Blog", "url": "https://www.bitemeevents.co.uk/blog", "description": "Guides on UK event catering, festival logistics, food hygiene, and street food trading.", "publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Bite Me (Scot) Ltd", "url": "https://www.bitemeevents.co.uk" }, "blogPost": [ { "@type": "BlogPosting", "headline": "How to Choose Event Catering: The Complete Guide", "url": "https://www.bitemeevents.co.uk/blog/how-to-choose-event-catering", "datePublished": "2026-02-15", "author": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Bite Me (Scot) Ltd" } }, { "@type": "BlogPosting", "headline": "Food Truck vs Traditional Catering: Which Is Right for Your Event?", "url": "https://www.bitemeevents.co.uk/blog/food-truck-vs-traditional-catering", "datePublished": "2026-02-01", "author": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Bite Me (Scot) Ltd" } }, { "@type": "BlogPosting", "headline": "Food Hygiene Requirements for Events: What Organisers Must Know", "url": "https://www.bitemeevents.co.uk/blog/food-hygiene-requirements-events", "datePublished": "2026-01-18", "author": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Bite Me (Scot) Ltd" } }, { "@type": "BlogPosting", "headline": "Planning Festival Catering: A Step-by-Step Breakdown", "url": "https://www.bitemeevents.co.uk/blog/planning-festival-catering", "datePublished": "2026-01-05", "author": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Bite Me (Scot) Ltd" } }, { "@type": "BlogPosting", "headline": "Why a Single Catering Supplier Is Better Than Managing Traders Yourself", "url": "https://www.bitemeevents.co.uk/blog/why-single-catering-supplier-better", "datePublished": "2025-12-20", "author": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Bite Me (Scot) Ltd" } }, { "@type": "BlogPosting", "headline": "How to Become a Food Trader: Starting Your Street Food Business", "url": "https://www.bitemeevents.co.uk/blog/how-to-become-food-trader", "datePublished": "2025-12-08", "author": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Bite Me (Scot) Ltd" } } ] } --- [![Bite Me Events logo](/assets/bite-me-logo-JVN35Tbs.png)](/) [Home](/) Services Products [Our Work](/our-work) [Reviews](/reviews) [About](/about) [Promoters](/promoters) [Traders](/traders) [Contact](/contact) [Call Us](tel:+447726679073) Insights & Guides # THE BITE ME BLOG Practical advice on event catering, festival planning, food truck operations, compliance, and building a successful food trading business in Scotland. [ Event Planning ## How to Choose Event Catering: The Complete Guide A working caterer's checklist for briefing suppliers, comparing quotes apples-to-apples, and avoiding the three booking mistakes that wreck most first-time events. Lee Marshall 15 February 2026 8 min read ](/blog/how-to-choose-event-catering) [ Catering Tips ## Food Truck vs Traditional Catering: Which Is Right for Your Event? The catering industry has shifted. Food trucks are no longer the budget alternative — they are the preferred choice for festivals, weddings, and corporate events. Here is why. 1 Feb 2026 6 min read ](/blog/food-truck-vs-traditional-catering) [ Compliance ## Food Hygiene Requirements for Events: What Organisers Must Know FHIS Pass certificates, allergen records and HACCP plans — the trader paperwork environmental health officers will ask for, and how to collect it before show day. 18 Jan 2026 7 min read ](/blog/food-hygiene-requirements-events) [ Festival Planning ## Planning Festival Catering: A Step-by-Step Breakdown Trader ratios, pitch layout, generator and water planning, Occasional Licences and weather contingency — the festival catering build sequence we run on every site. 5 Jan 2026 9 min read ](/blog/planning-festival-catering) [ Event Planning ## Why a Single Catering Supplier Is Better Than Managing Traders Yourself Most event organisers spend hundreds of hours sourcing and managing individual food traders. There is a better way — and it reduces your risk, your workload, and your stress. 20 Dec 2025 7 min read ](/blog/why-single-catering-supplier-better) [ For Traders ## How to Become a Food Trader: Starting Your Street Food Business Council registration, 4-star FHIS, £5m PLI, kit budgets and pitch fees — a realistic costing of what it takes to launch a UK street food trailer in year one. 8 Dec 2025 10 min read ](/blog/how-to-become-food-trader) ## READY TO TALK CATERING? Whether you are planning an event or want to join our trader network — get in touch. [Get in Touch](/contact) [![Bite Me Events logo](/assets/bite-me-logo-JVN35Tbs.png)](/) Bite Me (Scot) Ltd — full-service event catering supplier. Our own units plus 25+ vetted traders for complete event coverage. 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