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Chefs In The CityHow Columbus Built One of America’s Best Food Truck Festivals — with Chas KaplanWhat started as a wild idea in 2011 has grown into one of the top-ranked food festivals in the U.S. — and it all began with 20 trucks, no budget, and a whole lot of hustle. In this episode, Ann Fisher, Steve Stover, and Rich Tirpak sit down with Chas Kaplan, the founder of the Columbus Food Truck Festival, to hear the story behind the scenes: the chaos, the community, and the creativity that made this event a national standout.From his early days in the Columbus restaurant and music scene to managing food trucks at OSU, Chas shares the lessons le...2025-08-0731 min
Life in the 614Previewing the Columbus Food Truck Festival with co-creator Chas KaplanColumbus Dispatch features reporter Earl Hopkins speaks with Chas Kaplan, co-creator of the Columbus Food Truck Festival on the latest edition of the Life in the 614 podcast. During this episode we talk about how the festival got started in 2011, how it’s in a new location this year, and what we can expect from the two-day event this weekend.2021-08-2012 min
The Food Truck ScholarEducational Resources for Food Truckers: Chas KaplanIf you’ve been rocking with me since the first season, you’ve probably heard me reference a mobile food conference called the Columbus Mobile Food Conference and Expo I attended last year and all the information I learned there. When I recorded this interview, I was making plans to hop on the road and go back to that conference to collect more gems, but Covid-19 had different plans. Lucky for me and all of you, the conference (now called Learn Mobile Food) has decided to go virtual and I want to introduce you to one of the founders. Chas...2020-11-1052 min
ThisWeek Community News: Great Food DebateGourmets on wheels: Not your father's factory food truckIf you ask your parents about food trucks back in the day, they might recall the old shiny-silver box trucks they probably referred to as roach coaches. Every weekday, one would pull into the factory parking lot, and its trio of gates would swing open for you to grab a lunchmeat sandwich on stale white bread and a bottle of pop. Then you would hand the driver a Lincoln and wait for him to push the button on his change belt so you could enjoy the remaining 10 minutes of your break. Food trucks have evolved – a...2018-05-1131 min