| Catering company closes, leaves brides without deposits
For 12 area couples, things unexpectedly got a lot more hectic when their caterer shut down! Their deposits, totaling tens of thousands of dollars. In an e-mail to WRAL, Irvin said she used the money for businesses expenses such as rent and overhead. Heather Irvin, the owner of Premiere Catering and Events in Raleigh, called to tell Kristi she was going out of business and wouldn't be catering her June wedding. Smith says she's heard nothing but wonderful things about Irvin, that all of her vendors highly recommended her. Irvin told some of her clients she would be selling off equipment. For now, the company's website is still up, and her Raleigh office shows little sign of trouble. "It's a lot of money from all of those brides that has gone somewhere," said Smith. John and Nina Gilroy of Raleigh lost $5,000 for their daughter's wedding. "And I was like 'great, could you put that in the mail for us?'" said Nemeth. "That was in March, and the check has not shown up. Beyond the food, Premiere Catering was also supposed to order their wedding cake and handle the flowers! Nemeth talked with Heather Irvin. "She said yes, that she would," added Nemeth. "How are we going to make this work, financially," wondered Nemeth. 5 On Your Side contacted owner Heather Irvin. " She also asked her clients to bear with them ". Lora Nemeth and her fiance, Nicholas Kaylor, lost $4,500! They got the news two months before their wedding. Behind the scenes, things were unraveling at Premiere Catering. "You know, it was a nice building, it was a nice website. |
Friday 4 May 2012
Catering company closes, leaves brides without deposits
