About 6 months ago my friend started a catering business and by all accounts it's going well so far. She's fully trained and certified and has catered for several birthday parties and corporate events and the feedback has been very positive.
Fiance and I been talking about the reception food and what we can/can't afford and she popped into my head as a potential caterer. I'd obviously love to support her fledgling business by giving her the opportunity but primarily she's a guest, not a supplier. We've been friends for 15 years and I don't want her to think we're only inviting her to do the food. I mainly want to invite her and her husband to our wedding.
The easiest thing for us is to just source the catering elsewhere, but I really want to help her out if I can and throw some business her way (or at least offer it to her) but is this a good idea or a bad idea in your opinion? I've not mentioned this to her at all, I just want to hear opinions really. If you've used friends or relations as suppliers how did this work for you?
