The owner of a Peckham food truck has been left “devastated” after her food truck was stolen over the weekend.
Joyce Iyinolakan, who runs the Souldeliciouz van selling Caribbean and Nigerian food with her husband Tunde, found that the new van had been stolen from an estate near Peckham Park Road on Tuesday morning (June 14).
The exact time it was stolen from outside the Unwin and Friary community hall is unclear, although people living near where it was parked said they last saw it on Saturday evening (June 11).
The van itself was worth about £12,000, and replacing the equipment would add further costs, Ms Iyinolakan said.
Souldeliciouz had a pitch at the Radiate Festival celebrating the Windrush and black British culture coming up on June 25 and 26 in Burgess Park, and then several other festivals and events later this summer.
Joyce said it was uncertain how they would be able to work at the Burgess Park festival, although organisers are looking to get them set up with a gazebo.
“Honestly, it is just devastating that someone could do this,” she said. “It is very disheartening.” Joyce added that she was surprised at the lengths the thieves went to in order to steal the van, given the multiple security measures she and her husband had put in.
They reported the van stolen to the police, but said they were told that there was not enough resources to go through the CCTV footage. Joyce and Tunde are asking anyone with any information to get in touch with them here so they can pass onto the Met.