Love for Pets and Baking Mixed into a Business by Chicago Woman

CHICAGO — A pastry chef combined her baking skills and love for pets to form a business that’s grown in popularity in Chicago and around the world.

Consmicos Pet Bakery has been steadily building a fanbase around its pet treats because they resemble human food and are made with human-grade ingredients. They’re super popular at our city’s farmers markets, and it all started with Kimberly Padilla having to work as a cook, pet sit, and dog walk just to make ends meet.

“I’m the one making the cakes, making the cookies, packing the cookies, packing the orders, going to USPS to drop them off,” she said. “I grind the chicken, I break down the fish. I do everything.”

Padilla credits her popularity to the fact that the treats look like real food and are made of real food.

“I like to keep it like natural human grade, like ethically sourced, sustainable, you know, grass-fed. I modify the whole recipe to be able the dog to have it. So like, I can totally change things up.”

Padilla knows her way around a kitchen thanks to culinary school in her hometown of Mexico City, and it was her first job after graduation that brought her to the Chicago culinary gauntlet.

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