I cannot get value from an object in blade template Laravel 4 - php

Question

I have a loop foreach in a blade template where i print data from a specific model, the problem is I am not able of getting the value of "$pedido->proveedor()->first()->name" in the code giveing me this error "ErrorException (E_UNKNOWN) Trying to get property of non-object (View: C:..":
#foreach($pedidos as $pedido)
<tr>
<td>
{{ $pedido->id }}
</td>
<td>
{{ $pedido->proveedor()->first()->name }}
</td>
<td>
{{ date('d/m/Y', $pedido->fecha) }}
</td>
<td>
<a onclick="return confirm('deseas borar este registro?')" class="btn btn-danger btn-xs fullButton">Borrar</a>
</td>
</tr>
#endforeach
The weird thing here is when I code this "$pedido->proveedor()->first()" in side the loop of the template I get an object like this:
{"name":"nombre","domicilio":"domicilio","cp":"46006","poblacion":"poblacion","ciudad":"ciudad","pais":"pais"}
but coding this "$pedido->proveedor()->first()->name" I get the error:
the data is sent from a controller:
public function listPedidos()
{
$pedidos = Pedido::all();
// this next pice of code shows me i can get the name as spected but only from php
// foreach($pedidos as $pedido){
// ddd($pedido->proveedor()->first()->name);exit;
// }
return View::make('pedidos/pedidos-list')->with('pedidos', $pedidos);
}
Another weirder thing is that I have the same code with different model and it is working.
Thanks in advance for any help. ;)

Answer 1

You should use:
{{ $pedido->proveedor->name }}

Answer 2

Problem solved:
the previos answer was ok. I can use:
{{ $pedido->proveedor()->first()->name }}
or
{{ $pedido->proveedor->name }}
but because in one of the way of the loop there was not content to refer to i.e($pedido->proveedor didn't exixt) I use this:
{{ isset($pedido->Proveedor->name )?$pedido->Proveedor->name :''; }}