Haute Wheels Houston

Welcome to Haute Wheels Houston!

Trucks are Rollin'

Food Truck

Mark your calendars and start your engines! Over 34 of the most skilled chefs in Houston will be rolling on to the Houston Community College Southwest Campus on May 12 and 13, 2012 for "Haute Wheels Houston - THE Food Truck Festival." This is not your typical food truck festival; this event will offer cutting-edge culinary flavors from chefs who want to take your palette on a journey you won't soon forget. Combine gourmet food with fine wines, ice-cold beer, a Vendor Village packed with artisans, and live music over the course of two-days, and you've got an unbelievable festival of haute cuisine you don’t want to miss.

And you can "hit the streets" with whole family because there will be activities for the whole family. If that’s not enough (and why wouldn’t it be?) Food and Vine Time Productions, the driving force behind this festival, has arranged for this event to benefit the Houston Community College Foundation. Tickets for "Haute Wheels Houston" are limited. "Get trucking'" and purchase your tickets today because you don't want this festival to roll on without you!

Only in Houston!

Houston

Food and Vine Time Productions, producers of one of the top 10 destination culinary wine events in the US and a host of other city-wide culinary events, is proud to bring "Haute Wheels, THE Food Truck Festival" to Houston. As the 4th largest city in America, and one of the most progressive and international, it is only fitting that we continue to support this growing food industry and we continue to make changes so that this festival be one of the biggest and finest. There will be over 20 "Haute Wheels" featuring some of the most skilled chefs in the area. The Wine and Beer Garden will offer wines and beers in a beautiful lush green oasis. Live music will play on the Saint Arnold main stage throughout the day and you will find everything from jewelry to fabulous food products and everything in between at the Vendor Village. "Stop in your tracks" and click on the ticket tab above to purchase your tickets today.

Haute Wheels takes place on the HCC Southwest Campus, 5601 West Loop South Freeway. Hours are 12 noon - 5 p.m. on both Saturday, May 12 and Sunday, May 13. Tickets are available for $16 for adults. Admission includes $5 worth of beverage tickets; live music, and interactive activities. Food purchased separately. A portion of each ticket also benefits the HCC Foundation. A limited number of tickets will be sold for the event.

Meet the author of Houston's Top 100 Food Trucks

Paul Galvani Paul Galvani, author of Houston's Top 100 Food Trucks, coming out July 2012, will be on hand both days of Haute Wheels to share his love of this burgeoning business. Paul recently taught a class on food truck marketing and is an adjunct professor of the Marketing Department of the Bauer School of Business at the University of Houston where he teaches today.

He began writing about food and restaurants in 1997 for the Houston Press, Paper City Magazine, as well as Fort Bend Lifestyle Magazine. He currently writes about food for the Houston Chronicle. Paul was born in London into an Italian family, the many branches of which were all in the restaurant business. He grew up in and was involved in all aspects of the business and owes his love of food to his mother and his father, both of whom were great cooks.

An intrepid foodie, there is nothing Paul enjoys more than discovering a hole-in-the-wall place that serves remarkable food.

Meet the Author of Houston Beer: A Heady History of Brewing in the Bayou City

Ronnie Crocker Ronnie Crocker Ronnie Crocker published his first book, Houston Beer: A Heady History of Brewing in the Bayou City, through The History Press in 2012. But he has been writing and editing professionally for more than 25 years. His daily newspaper career began after graduation with a journalism degree from Texas A&M University and continues today on the Business desk of the Houston Chronicle. He also has taught news writing at Rice University. He began writing about beer in 2009 with a blog called Beer, TX.