Temporary Food Stalls

All events are advertised on Council's website. Applications for stallholders open in the months leading up to an event and are advertised on the website, social media and Council's eNews. We recommend signing up to the eNews or following us on Facebook to stay up-to-date. 

Stallholder fees are as per Council’s Fees and Charges.

Once received by the Events Team, completed applications are reviewed to ensure quality and that the event doesn't feature too many of the same foods/merchandise. Successful applicants will be notified via email.

For more information, please contact events@strathfield.nsw.gov.au

All event organisers must submit to Strathfield Council a map of the site indicating location of stalls and names of the temporary food stalls.

The temporary food business must comply with the Food Standards Code called up by the Food Act 2003 and the Food Regulation 2015 at all times when operating and trading.

From 1 October 2011 certain businesses including temporary food stalls selling unpackaged, ready to eat potentially hazardous food will need to appoint a food safety supervisor.

For more information please visit the Food Authority website.

A guideline for temporary food stall handling has been developed by the NSW Food Authority.

A home food business can include activities such as preparing food for sale at markets or school canteens in a domestic kitchen; bed and breakfast accommodation; home based child care for a fee involving provision of food and home based catering businesses, and other uses.

Such operations must be ‘notified’ to the NSW Food Authority before they start operating.

In addition the food business must notify Council of its intended operations for an assessment to be made. The Planning and Environment section will need to consider the impact the home business may have on traffic in the area, noise considerations, food safety, parking, and general amenity of the area.

Any enquiry that you do submit to Council, should be accompanied by the size of intended operations, to whom you may be distributing or selling the food, the times of day you would be carrying out activities.

Home Food Businesses must also comply with the Food Standards Code.

The food preparation area and food storage areas must be compliant with Food Safety Standard 3.2.3, in that it must be easy to clean constructed and designed to meet this standard.

There may be a requirement for the person carrying out the food handling to hold the Food Safety Supervisor qualification.

Some home food businesses depending on their operations, will be licensed and inspected by the NSW Food Authority. However other operations will have annual inspections carried out by Council’s Environmental Health Officers.

Please visit the Sydney Markets website to learn about their requirements for operating a food stall.

You may be subject to inspections by Council and/or the markets internal auditing system.

You will need to complete a Temporary Food Application Form(PDF, 234KB) as part of your application.

Council charges inspection fees as set out in Council’s Fees and Charges Schedule.

All premises operate under an existing development consent and are subject to compliance with all conditions of that consent.

You may check with Council for details of the conditions of the existing consent to see if it will affect the operation of your proposed business. You may decide that it will be necessary to either apply to modify the consent or lodge a new Development Application.

It is also recommended that any intending purchaser of a food business should check if there are any outstanding matters before signing a lease by lodging an Outstanding Notices Application (Certificate 603). Fees apply.

Any work required to be carried out on the premises, if not completed by settlement date, will become the responsibility of the new proprietor.