11/04/2026
This is a very long read!But today the business Iāve built from the scratch for years was dragged in the Mud
Iām Joy Ogiji,(before now I had the bragging rights of your favorite event caterer)pheeewwwwā¦
Iāve been cooking for 11 years for event and never have I felt this humiliated To cut to the chase ;
I got a call from an event planner(my friend) asking me to cater for an event,then she went on to say that they(the couple) would be providing the oil,rice and chicken, I quickly objected and told her that if I donāt do that type of work ,she then pleaded and said the wedding was to be in the village but the couples changed their mind thatās why they already bought the rice and oil, ,I felt sorry for them(I knew what it felt like having last minute change of plans)and agreed to cook ..I sha gave a condition that the rice they had was a good rice,because as a caterer I know brands of rice I should and should not use for event,She then asked if two bags was going to be enough for 200 guest,that the previous caterer told them 2 bags for 200 guest ,the way I screamed ,because 2 bags was toooo much for 200 guest,I told her that 1 bag was perfect ,we wonāt even use all of it ,she was pleased and promised to get back to me ā¦I initially made a quotation of 360k but later readjusted to 300k (ANYTHING to keep putting my brand out there,to think that @ professor of food which I follow on IG highly condemns) .p:s:-Sounds Noble right? But Never again;
The tricky partā¦lolā¦Along the line I got to know that the couples I was catering for ,were people we considered family friends kinda (yāall wonāt believe that not only were we not invited/told about the event but also we werenāt patronized ) ..Anyways the world is a small place ā¦With their contract at hand,I didnāt let the fact that we werenāt considered worthy enough to share in the joy on their big day or not given the catering,get in the way,I mean you have the right to choose or work with anyone you deem fit ,but since the contract still got its way to me,I vowed to bring in my A game like always ,just to remind them that whatever they were looking for in sokoto was in their shokoto⦠To be continuedā¦