It’s a five-star meal made with fresh, organic ingredients but this food isn’t served in an upscale dining room ‘ it’s served up in a dog dish.

Stefan Mohan, former executive chef with Silvertip Resort in Canmore, left his job recently to make dog food.

“I’ve lived and worked in four different countries. I’m classically French trained but I’ve always worked with dogs,” he said.

“Our dog was having a lot of troubles and gastrointestinal issues so we were buying all these dog foods trying various things.”

Mohan said when nothing was working for his now seven-year-old bulldog Mira, he decided to turn to his own recipe.

“Basically, I said, ‘What am I doing?’ I know nutrition, I know dogs, I know food.”

After seeing results with Mira, Mohan said his friends, many of whom had dogs with health issues, began to inquire about his dog food. Eventually, Mohan said he was driving in to Calgary from his Canmore home to the butcher shop he rented to make 500 pounds at a time.

“Eventually I thought, I’m going to start a business with this rather than just doing it part-time.”

Mohan is now transitioning from his position at the Silvertip Resort and has launched Artisan Raw Dog Food.