Students at W.T. Cooke Elementary were surprised to have their creative food truck ideas reviewed by Food Network star Tyler Florence this week.
The host of “The Great Food Truck Race” took a break from the East Coast She-Crab Soup Classic at the Oceanfront to hear pitches from fourth graders who have been researching and designing their own culinary vehicles out of cardboard.
Florence was so impressed with the ideas that he posted a video on his Instagram page.

Each group of students took turns standing up in the library and highlighted the special features of their food trucks: Kids eat free on Wednesdays! Rainbow smoothies! Fried rice and caviar! Half of profits go to charity! Vegan sushi!
Before leaving, Florence autographed the students’ food trucks and asked his young audience to shout out his show’s catchphrase, “Let’s Get Rolling!”
“I had such a fun time with you guys today,” said Florence, adding that he’ll be in Virginia Beach the next few days filming for his show.