The Food Truck: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The Food Truck follows Michael Van De Elzen, owner and head chef of Molten Restaurant and Liquid Molten Bar in Mt Eden, Auckland, as he attempts to create healthy, restaurant-quality alternatives to New Zealand fast food favourites from the back of a 1970 Bedford truck.

In The Food Truck, Michael, a secret admirer of fast food himself, uses his 25 years of experience in the kitchen to try his hand at creating healthy and delicious alternatives to some of the nation's most beloved takeaways; from fish and chips, to hamburgers, pizzas to pies. While he sometimes draws on the resources of his restaurant, for the most part Michael's forced to cook within the constraints of his 1970 Bedford truck fitted with an everyday domestic kitchen, leaving little room for mistake.

The climax of the show comes when Michael takes The Food Truck to a different event or gathering with hundreds or even thousands of people, from campsites to sports events, concerts to festivals. Here he gets to find out whether kiwis really want his healthy creations when they're asked to decide with their wallets. Part cooking show and part factual series about the fast paced, highly competitive world of fast food.

Series details

• Title: The Food Truck
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Genres: Food
• Premiere date: 2011-06-12
• Final broadcast date listed: 2013-09-01
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TVNZ 1
• Network country: New Zealand
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 27391
• TVDB ID: 250267

Cast and credited roles

• Michael Van de Elzen — Host

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2011-06-12; final listed air date 2011-07-31; episode order: 8.
• Season 2: premiered 2012-04-15; final listed air date 2012-06-03; episode order: 8.
• Season 3: premiered 2013-06-09; final listed air date 2013-09-01; episode order: 13.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Food Truck on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.