A food trash can having a double cover is provided to dump food trash through an insertion hole formed on a center without opening a main cover by mounting a sub cover for opening/closing the insertion hole on the main cover. A food trash can having a double cover includes a trash can body(10), a main cover(20), an insertion hole(31), and a sub cover(40). The trash can body has an opened upper plane which receives food trash. The main cover closes/opens the upper plane of the trash can body by being hinge-connected to the upper part of the trash can body. The insertion hole which is opened upward/downward is formed on a part of the upper plane of the main cover. The sub cover which opens/closes the insertion hole is formed on the main cover.