Le Camion Qui Fume

Name

Le Camion Qui Fume

Legal name

CQF DEVELOPMENT SAS

Website

https://lecamionquifume.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Le Camion Qui Fume is a Parisian gourmet burger brand (founded 2011) operating four brick-and-mortar restaurants in Paris and Ivry-sur-Seine, a flagship food truck for event catering, Deliveroo delivery, and TastyCloud-powered Click & Collect — serving consumers, corporates, and festival organizers with Smash, Grilled, and Veggie burgers under original chef recipes.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Gourmet Burger Restaurants

NAICS

Limited-Service Restaurants (722513), Mobile Food Services (72233), Mobile Food Services (722330)

SIC

Retail-Eating Places (5812)

akta.pro primary industry

Burger QSR (THAFAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Burger Fast Casual (THAFABAA), Food Trailers & Towable Kitchens (THAFAHAB), Mobile / On-Site Catering (Food Trucks for Events, Pop-Ups) (THAFAIAJ)

Keywords

• Gourmet burger restaurants
• Mobile food truck catering
• Burger food delivery
• Restaurant dine-in services
• Event catering services

Headquarters

HQ city

Ivry-sur-seine

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Restaurant dine-in sales: Walk-in and seated customers order burgers, sides, sauces, and desserts across four physical locations (Parmentier/Paris 11, Odéon/Paris 6, Ternes/Paris 17, Pathé Ivry) — the core recurring revenue stream, with a printed PDF menu published regularly.
2. Food delivery via Deliveroo: Delivery orders fulfilled through Deliveroo (deliveroo.fr), generating revenue subject to marketplace commission economics.
3. Click & Collect pickup: Customer pickup orders routed through the TastyCloud-powered Click & Collect flow, providing direct (non-marketplace) revenue.
4. Food truck event and private catering: Mobile food-truck service for corporate, festival, and private events — including the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony, Lollapalooza Paris, MK2 Bibliothèque, Marché de La Madeleine, Point Ephémère, and private evenings for clients such as Webedia, plus corporate services across Paris & Île-de-France.

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Le Camion Qui Fume operates a hybrid gourmet burger business built around a mobile food truck and four brick-and-mortar restaurants in Paris (Parmentier, Odéon, Ternes) and Ivry-sur-Seine (Pathé Ivry), all serving a unified Smash, Grilled, and Veggie burger menu. The brand also runs a food-truck privatization service for corporate and public events across Paris and Île-de-France, and offers home delivery via Deliveroo and in-store pickup through a TastyCloud-powered Click & Collect channel.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Le Camion Qui Fume Food Truck Mobile gourmet burger service operating across Paris and Île-de-France at events such as the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony, Lollapalooza Paris, La Défense, MK2 Bibliothèque, and Marché de La Madeleine; available for private and corporate event privatization.
• Le Camion Qui Fume Parmentier (restaurant) Flagship restaurant location at 66 rue Oberkampf, Paris 11, serving the full Smash/Grilled/Veggie burger menu, sides, sauces, desserts, and the exclusive Hot Ones US sauces in the evening.
• Le Camion Qui Fume Odéon (restaurant) Restaurant location at 6 rue Grégoire de Tours, Paris 6, notable as the launch site for the Smash Burger line; serves the full Le Camion Qui Fume menu including evening-only Hot Ones US sauces.
• Le Camion Qui Fume Ternes (restaurant) Newest restaurant location at 24 rue Saussier-Leroy, Paris 17, serving the full menu including Hot Ones US sauces in the evening without reservation.
• Le Camion Qui Fume Pathé Ivry (restaurant) Restaurant location at 5 rue François Mitterrand, 94200 Ivry-sur-Seine, situated within the Pathé cinema complex; serves the unified Le Camion Qui Fume menu.
• Burger Menu (Smash, Grilled, Veggie) Core burger range served across all restaurants and the food truck, including Classique, Barbecue, Avocado Burger, Cheeseburger, Bacon Cheeseburger, Bleu (with Fourme d'Ambert), Pulled Pork, Fried Chicken Burger, and the Smash range (Smash petit, moyen, grand with 1, 2 or 3 smashed beef patties); Veggie option swaps the patty for roasted portobello mushroom or a 100% organic French plant-based patty.
• Sides (Accompagnements) Side dishes served across all locations, including homemade fresh-cut fries cooked in two baths, coleslaw (white cabbage, carrot, red onion), tortilla chips with homemade guacamole, crispy mac and cheese balls, and chicken tenders.
• Sauces (CQF, Chipotle, Aïoli, Spicy Cilantro, Hot Ones US) Signature sauces including CQF (secret recipe), Chipotle (mayo, smoked chipotle, lime), Aïoli (mayo with roasted garlic), and Spicy Cilantro (mayo with fresh cilantro, lime, and chili); also includes the exclusive Hot Ones US spicy sauces available only in the evening.
• Desserts (Cookies & Brownie) Dessert offerings including Cookie Tout Chocolat, Cookie Cacao Noisette, Cookie Vanille 3 Chocolats, and Brownie, served across all Le Camion Qui Fume locations.
• Click & Collect Service Order-ahead and in-store pickup service powered by TastyCloud, accessible from the main navigation for customers wanting to skip the line at any of the four restaurants.
• Home Delivery via Deliveroo Home delivery of the Le Camion Qui Fume menu via the Deliveroo platform, accessible from the main navigation under 'LIVRAISON'.
• Food Truck Privatisation & Event Catering B2B and B2C event service offering food-truck presence for private parties (e.g., Webedia soirée privée), corporate events across Paris and Île-de-France, and large public events such as the Opening Ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games at Quai d'Orsay, Lollapalooza Paris, La Défense, and Marché de La Madeleine.

Quantifiable outcome

• Selected among the world's top 20 best burgers by The Telegraph in 2015.
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• DeliveroocoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDeliveroo is the home-delivery partner of Le Camion Qui Fume, surfaced directly in the site's main navigation under "LIVRAISON" (deliveroo.fr/fr/). It enables the brand to reach Parisian customers for at-home gourmet burger orders beyond its four physical locations.
• TastyCloudcoreTechnology or IntegrationTastyCloud powers the Le Camion Qui Fume "Click & Collect" pickup flow (clicks.tastycloud.fr), allowing customers to pre-order and pick up at any of the four restaurant locations; surfaced in the main navigation as "CLICK & COLLECT".
• Hot Ones (US)flagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerLe Camion Qui Fume is the Parisian venue for "Les Authentiques Sauces Hot Ones US", served exclusively in the evening at all its restaurants without reservation. The collaboration is co-marketed on the homepage as "EXCLU LULU!" and cross-promoted by Paris Secret and Sortir à Paris.

Scale indicators6 records

Direct peers

• Big Mamma: Paris-headquartered, multi-site premium casual-dining group. Directly comparable as a Paris-rooted, multi-restaurant hospitality brand trading on chef-quality storytelling, organic social buzz, and a high-traffic urban footprint — same GTM, similar premium positioning.
• Big Fernand: French gourmet-burger chain founded in 2011, with a multi-city footprint across France. Direct competitor in the same premium-burger category, with a similar chef-driven, French-beef, 'made in France' value proposition.
• Paris New York (PNY): Independent Parisian gourmet-burger chain with multiple Paris locations and a similar omnichannel (delivery, Click & Collect) model. Direct competitor in the same premium Smash-burger niche in central Paris arrondissements.
• Blend: Paris-based gourmet-burger chain serving Smash-style burgers in multiple Paris arrondissements. Closest head-to-head direct competitor on format (Smash burgers), menu architecture, and Parisian target customer.
• Black & White Burger: Paris-headquartered gourmet-burger competitor. Comparable Smash-burger format and Paris foodie target customer, with a similar small-footprint, multi-arrondissement Paris expansion model.

Broad incumbents

• Five Guys: International premium-burger chain with established Paris presence. Comparable on product category, delivery/Click & Collect omnichannel, and target customer, but at materially greater scale and global supply-chain leverage.
• Hippopotamus: Long-established French casual-dining steakhouse chain. Comparable on French restaurant multi-site operations and the Paris + Île-de-France footprint, but positioned in a lower price tier and broader menu than Le Camion Qui Fume.
• Shake Shack: US-headquartered premium-burger brand expanding across Europe. Comparable as a Smash-format, omnichannel (delivery + app) gourmet-burger concept competing for the same Parisian foodie customer with significantly larger marketing and technology budgets.

Emerging players

• Frenchie To Go: Paris-based gourmet-burger offshoot of the well-known Frenchie restaurant brand. Comparable as a chef-driven, Paris-premium gourmet-burger concept with strong media cachet, though smaller in footprint.

Others

• Deliveroo: Not a competitor but a core channel partner powering Le Camion Qui Fume's home-delivery arm. Included as an ecosystem participant given the company's revenue exposure to Deliveroo commission economics and the brand's prominence in Deliveroo-curated user rankings.

Market position

Customer concentration

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• Xx.com/LeCamionQuiFume

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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