The Food Hub fed around 450 students across two of the University of Notre Dame Australia's Sydney campuses in a single day, Korean fried chicken and halal snack packs, short window, big crowd.
In short: The Food Hub fed around 450 students across two of the University of Notre Dame Australia's Sydney campuses, Broadway and Darlinghurst, in one day, with Korean fried chicken, halal snack packs and truffle fries.
Key Takeaways
A uni day is a funny beast. You get a huge rush in a short window, everyone free at once between lectures, and then it goes quiet. That is the exact shape of event we are built for.
Big crowd, tight trading window, food people actually want to line up for. Korean fried chicken, loaded fries, halal snack packs. We keep the menu tight and the crew sharp so the queue keeps moving and nobody misses out before they have to dash to a tutorial.
The booking came through the university's student association: two campuses, Broadway in Chippendale and Darlinghurst, on the same day. We fed around 250 at Broadway and 200 at Darlinghurst with Birdman Korean fried chicken, our Abu halal snack packs and truffle fries, a lineup built for a student crowd. Halal and veg were planned in from the start so the whole campus could eat.
The number that matters
Around 450 students. Two campuses. One day. Korean fried chicken, halal snack packs and truffle fries.
If you run student events, you already know a food truck pulls a crowd and holds it. It turns a quiet campus day into something people actually turn up for, and it takes the catering headache off your plate.
We rock up, set up, cook fresh and feed everyone, then pack down and go. Halal and veg are sorted so the whole student body is looked after. Fully insured, and we work with your venues team on access and any permits.
Start with one campus day and see how it goes. Most teams have us back for the next one.
Sydney is full of campuses, and every one of them runs O Week, open days, market days and welcome events built for a big student turnout. That is our bread and butter.
We can bring a mix of cuisines, cover every dietary need, and move between campuses in a day if you run more than one site. If you are planning a student event, here is how we handle university campus catering, and here is our halal food truck catering for a crowd where that matters.
Yes. O Week, welcome days, market days, open days and exam de stress weeks are right in our wheelhouse. Big crowd, short trading window, and we keep the line moving so students are not stuck waiting between classes.
Yes. A single truck comfortably feeds 60 to 600 guests, and we plan the menu and crew around the trading window so the queue keeps shuffling forward. For the University of Notre Dame Australia we are set up to feed around 450 across two campuses in the one day.
Yes. We plan halal and vegetarian options into every campus menu. We are not formally halal certified, but our snack pack truck runs all halal, so the whole campus can eat.
Just get in touch. Tell us the campus, the dates and the sort of crowd, and we will sort the menu, the setup and any access or permits with your venues team so it is easy on your end.
Reviewed by
John-ray Boukarim
John-ray Boukarim is the founder and operator of The Food Hub, Sydney's multi cuisine food truck catering fleet. Since founding the business in 2016, he has grown the operation from a single truck to a fleet of four, delivering more than 1,500 events across Sydney, New South Wales, and regional NSW. His clients include Woolworths, Commonwealth Bank, Bunnings, Costco, Amazon, Sony, and Toyota. John-ray has built one of the highest throughput food truck systems in Australia, set up to usually serve guests in under 60 seconds per order, depending on the menu, at events of up to 2,000 people. All articles on this site are reviewed by John-ray for operational accuracy and relevance.
Last reviewed: 5 August 2026
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Built for the campus rush
Big crowd, short window, short queues
Halal and veg sorted
A menu the whole student body can eat
We move between campuses
More than one site in a day is no problem
Min. 60 guests for deployment.
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