Big Deal Catering is a Winnipeg-based First Nation owned and operated catering business. We started business in the fall of 2011 and have been very successful in serving a large and diverse client base throughout the city. Big Deal Catering also provides food services for my existing business – a nightclub and restaurant in downtown Winnipeg.

I have owned my business since 2001 and felt that I had not fully realized the potential of the business in regards to food sales. I decided that the natural and logical step to expand my company would be to include a catering service that would allow me to reach that potential.

In 2009 I attended a conference which included a presentation by FPEGF detailing the assistance they could provide. Shortly after the conference I arranged a meeting at their office and spoke to the staff.

They were able to financially assist me in finalizing a business plan and by providing a loan that was instrumental in getting me to the goal of expanding and renovating my space to include Big Deal Catering. This accomplishment would not have been possible without the support and assistance of the FPEGF staff and especially the guidance and advice I received from Senior Loans Manager Daryl Bone.

I am thankful and grateful that such an organization exists to help First Nation people achieve greater business success in the community!