It started with my dog...
In 2009, my vet suggested home-cooked meals for my dog, Jamal. I was a research and development chef, so I went all in: reading, testing, and baking superfood treats without artificial colors, refined sugar or preservatives.
Eventually I had 2 more dogs Jack and Sally, each with special needs and I started feeding them fresh food! I wasn't the only one looking for something healthier. Vets started referring their patients, friends told friends, and a weekend hobby became the Philippines' first all-natural pet food and treat company.
Jack and Sally ate fresh food since they turned 2 until 15 and 16, and grew old with me in our kitchen. Every year of good health is worth celebrating. And we hope you have this gift of time, too!
15 years in the kitchen
Whole Pet Kitchen begins researching pet food, developing superfood treats and celebration cakes made with all natural ingredients. Did research and development work with vets who understood the goal of feeding fresh food to pets even when they got sick.
Our first dog café opens. Reuters calls it Manila's first gourmet pet café. After 2 years more of development, our natural pet food launches. We begin making the first, BAI certified, natural pet food.
After finishing programs in Clinical Nutrition for pets, we started our custom nutrition services. Vets begin referring their special cases. We finally hit our goal of making fresh food for sick pets aside from feeding natural food to Manila's healthiest pets.
We built a more sustainable solar powered human-grade commissary, moved to a new store and continued partnerships with Pet Express, Pet Lovers' Centre, Vets in Practice and Shake Shack Philippines.
From scratch, in small batches
Ingredients from the same suppliers that serve restaurants and hotels, cooked within a few days of buying.
Human-grade, minimally processed
Gently cooked, and formulated to NRC and AAFCO guidelines.
A superfood in everything
Every product has one to four superfoods and every batch is made gently cooked, quality checked by our caring team.
Always learning
Chef Giannina has completed programs in Small Animal Clinical Nutrition in the US and Natural Nutrition in Australia, and is finishing an Animal Nutrition program with Purdue University. She attends international seminars on integrative pet care and especially nutrition, regularly.
She has dedicated her life to working and helping animals heal with the help of the vet and her expertise in food and nutrition. Proceeds of what you buy at Whole Pet Kitchen go to our partner shelter, PAWS.
As featured in
Reuters · The Wall Street Journal · Condé Nast · eNCA · Philippine Daily Inquirer · Manila Bulletin · SPOT.ph · ClickTheCity · Philippine Primer · Yahoo! News · The Philippine Star · The New York Post · The Business Mirror · The Telegraph
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Reliable, top-quality food, so you can spend more time with your pets and less time cooking.