The Shawarma King

08/22/2026

Closing for votes is getting close! Voting ends August 30th for this years Best of the Bay! Make sure to please vote! Chef Ahmad for Best Chef St Pete and Best Personal Chef! And also The Shawarma King for Best Food Pop - Up, Best Food Truck and Best Middle Eastern Restaurant! We appreciate you all! Creative Loafing Tampa Bay link is in our bio!
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08/06/2026

Best of the Bay 2026! Don’t forget to vote! The Shawarma King is nominated for Best Food Truck, Best Food Pop-up, and Best Middle Eastern Restaurant. AND(!) Chef Ahmad is nominated for Best Chef St. Pete and Best Personal Chef 👏🎉
Link in our bio!

https://vote.cltampa.com/food

08/05/2026

2026 Best of the Bay! Excited to be nominated in 5 different categories! Please vote!!!

https://vote.cltampa.com/food

Best Food Truck
Best Food Pop-up
Best Middle Eastern Restaurant
Best Chef - St Pete - Ahmad - The Shawarma King
Best Personal Chef “Ahmad Alaraj”

07/27/2026

07/24/2026

We’re incredibly honored to be nominated for Creative Loafing Tampa Bay Best of the Bay 2026 in THREE categories!

🏆 Best Food Truck
🏆 Best Food Pop-Up
🏆 Best Middle Eastern Restaurant

To everyone who has supported us over the years… whether you’ve stopped by the truck, booked us for a catering, shared a post or recommended us to friends and family, thank YOU.

We’d be so grateful if you could take a moment to vote for us. The link is in our bio! ❤️

https://vote.cltampa.com/food/best-food-truck

07/22/2026

Don’t miss out on this year’s Chicken Wing Challenge at this Sunday! We will just be serving our chicken wings at the event. There will be sample portions and full portions available for purchase. Try out all the wings and vote for your favorite… 😉

06/03/2026

Planning a wedding, private party, corporate event, or special gathering? We’d love to cater it! Send us a message for details and availability.

During the summer months, we focus exclusively on catering and private events due to the Florida heat and rainy season.

05/19/2026

04/12/2026

WE WON. 🏆🥳 wow! what a weekend! Chef Showdown - Battle Mediterranean! We’re feeling so proud and grateful for our team of friends and family and all those who came out to support us! 3 days of nonstop prepping to give it all we got and showcase a dish that represents us.
Big shoutout to , Chef Ryan - was an honor to compete with you - and yes, he will be joining us on the food truck sometime in May 😝

Another big thank you to all of those who make the festival possible! We can’t wait for next year!

04/02/2026

The day is almost here! Don’t miss out! We’ve got an amazing dish planned for the night and we’re going for the WIN!
Get your tickets now and use code CHEF20 for 20% off.

April 10th! CHEF SHOWDOWN.
https://tampabaywff.com/events/chef-showdown/