Canonical: https://peninsulainsider.com.au/eat/red-hill-bakery/ Publisher: Peninsula Insider Published: unknown Modified: unknown Format: public main text, generated from the canonical page; imagery and interactive controls omitted. Dates and caveats below retain their page meaning; this format is not a new fact check. [Eat & Drink]() Bakery [Balnarring]() # The Red Hill Baker Artisan bread, pies and pastries from the bakery's sole current shop in Balnarring. Known for Wood-Fired Sourdough Balnarring Village Morning Pastries Peninsula Institution Why we’d go A reliable early Balnarring stop for bread, pies and pastries. The Red Hill Baker no longer operates in Red Hill. Its official website lists Balnarring as its sole location, open daily from 6am to 4pm. The bakery remains useful for bread, pies and pastries, but it must be planned as a Balnarring stop rather than a Red Hill village stop. Worth knowing **Best for** Morning stop · Family outings · Food lovers · Weekend markets If you only do one thing Go early for the fullest bread and pastry selection. Works well with The Heritage Balnarring Filed under Slow Quick Bite All Year Families Couples Locals At a glance **Type** Bakery **Location** 1/3000 Frankston-Flinders Rd, Balnarring VIC 3926 · [Directions]() **Website** [www.redhillbaker.com.au]() **Directions** [Get directions]() **Live status** [Check current hours →]() Not sure how to build a day around The Red Hill Baker? [Search Peninsula Insider]() In the journal ## Stories that mention The Red Hill Baker These pieces give you the context a listing page never does - the when, the why, and the who-it’s-for. [Journal →]() Insider Edit 7 min ### [Breakfast Before the Crowds: Four Peninsula Mornings]() 9 April 2026 The long lunches get the headlines. But the Peninsula's first hour of the day - the flat white, the croissant out of the oven, the eggs on a working bakery's sourdough - is the quieter, better-value half of the food story. Here is where locals go, and the order to do it in. Service 6 min ### [What to Do in Red Hill This Weekend: The Saturday Plan]() 8 April 2026 A ridge morning, one properly chosen cellar door, and a lunch that earns the drive. The clearest version of a Red Hill Saturday. Service 7 min ### [The Easter Peninsula: How to Do the Long Weekend Without Losing It to the Crowds]() 17 April 2026 Easter is the Peninsula's first big four-day stress test of the year. Cars from town arrive Thursday afternoon, the cellar doors are full by Friday morning, and the bakeries run out of hot cross buns by Saturday lunch. Here is how to plan a long weekend that uses the holiday properly instead of fighting it. Nearby picks ## More from Balnarring [Back to Eat & Drink →]() Bakery [Balnarring]() ### [Balnarring Bakehouse]() 3050 Frankston-Flinders Rd, Balnarring VIC 3926 The village bakehouse for the Balnarring side of the Peninsula, pies, pastries, and the breakfast sandwich that fuels the Saturday market crowd. quick bite family [Read notes]() Pub [Balnarring]() ### [The Heritage Balnarring]() 3059 Frankston-Flinders Rd, Balnarring VIC 3926 Balnarring's village pub, in a 1930s heritage home on a two-acre block, with open fires, a sunny deck and a large beer garden. fireplace family [Read notes]() [Book]() Winery [Balnarring]() ### [Elan Vineyard & Gallery]() 17 Turners Rd, Bittern VIC 3918 Selma and Jonathan Lowther's 1981 planting, one of the oldest on the Peninsula, with a cellar door that doubles as a small contemporary art gallery. cellar door slow [Read notes]() [Book]() Build a day around this ## Planning guides that include The Red Hill Baker Peninsula Insider guides that put this stop into the context of a full day or weekend. [Peninsula weekend itinerary →]() [The long lunch guide →]() [Winery tour route →]() [Rainy-day Peninsula →]() Keep this for later [← Part of Balnarring - view the destination guide]() Is this your business? [Manage this listing]() Something wrong on this page, or is this your business? [Tell us what to fix]() and you get a case reference back. corrections@peninsulainsider.com.au reaches the same desk. ## The Insider Note The Peninsula worth knowing. An occasional email. What's on, where we'd go and what's worth knowing next. Independent editorial. Sent when there is something worth knowing. Unsubscribe any time [Privacy]()