Ashley Hutson

CEO, Puptables

Daughter of renowned Chef Cindy Hutson, Ashley Hutson worked on and off at the recently shuttered Ortanique on the Mile restaurant since she was 14-years-old. She was a hostess, dishwasher, assistant general manager and general manager before making the full transition into the kitchen. Hutson has a bachelor’s degree in hospitality management from FIU’s Chaplin School of Hospitality and Tourism Management. 

Latest Achievement

In 2020, Hutson started Puptables, a healthy dog food company. She didn’t intend to start a dog food company. However, one of her three dogs, Bullet, had terrible allergies. After doing a great deal of research, she stopped feeding him kibble all together. “I would get certified Angus beef from Ortanique and he would just eat that,” she says. “You can completely eliminate all these byproducts and all these additives that are in … kibble products by doing it naturally.” 

What She Says

“My dogs [now] eat better quality food than most humans,” Hutson says. While eating only meat isn’t a balanced diet for anyone, she did further research on fruits and vegetables that dogs can eat to add as supplements. She began making Bullet’s food in Ortanique’s kitchen (when it was still open) and realized the demand for human-grade dog food. “The more people that I would give it to, everybody would come back and tell me how much their dog loved it,” she says. To purchase Puptables, email puptables@gmail.com.