Many of Australia’s best bakeries began in home kitchens, and if you’re ready to grow your own home baking into a micro-bakery, Vanrooy can help you figure out where to start.
Many of Australia’s best bakeries, including Vanrooy customers like Zelda Bakery, Tarts Anon, Banana Boogie, Crème de la Crème and Sebbys Scrolls, started out of their home kitchens.
Having scaled alongside them, we understand exactly what a small bakery needs, from the sizing and power differences between a home and industrial kitchen to single or three-phase equipment, so we can guide you at every step as you move from your baking hobby to professional home micro bakery.
The best commercial bakery equipment, backed by 40+ years of genuine industry knowledge.
With nearly 50 years in the industry servicing bakeries across the country, we know exactly what goes into opening a bakery, including which upgrades you genuinely need from day one and which ones can wait.
We’ll take the time to discuss your products, your current production needs and your future goals, so the equipment you invest in now sets you up to grow rather than holds you back.
While it’s dependent on the products you’re making, most micro bakers often start with a capable spiral mixer, dough sheeter, retarder prover, refrigeration and a convection oven or deck oven.
To give you an understanding of the type of equipment you can use in your home micro bakery, have a browse of our Home Baking/Micro Bakery range,
or scroll through the equipment below.
Starting a small bakery business at home means working through a fair bit of unglamorous groundwork before you sell your first loaf. For example,
you’ll need:
Food safety registration and to check with your local council and state authority for permission to run a food business from a residential kitchen, since rules vary depending on where you live.
To think about power (can your kitchen actually handle the equipment you want, or do you need three-phase power).
To decide what equipment works best for your space.
To know the size of your doorways, so you can determine whether you will need to remove doors or even doorframes to make sure equipment will even fit through.
To fit your kitchen for purpose with the right surfaces, storage and workflow for food production rather than just home cooking.
To get across food labelling, allergen declarations and packaging compliance so your products meet legal requirements before they reach customers.
To register for an ABN, sort out insurance (public liability, product liability and other cover) and working out your costing and pricing so the numbers actually stack up.
Here at Vanrooy, we love building long-term relationships with our customers and watching them grow, helping where we can, every step of the way.
Vanrooy’s Test Kitchen is Australia’s first fully operational, commercial-style bakery equipment showroom.
Unlike a standard showroom, this is a real working space. You can run your own recipes through our premium European bakery equipment, compare machines side-by-side and get hands-on guidance from our bakers and technicians, all before you spend a cent.
Whether you’re looking at building your micro bakery setup or moving from a home kitchen into your first small setup, you get to see exactly how a machine performs with your product, not just what it looks like on a spec sheet.
Booking a visit is simple. Our team gets to know your products and goals, then sets up a session with the equipment that’s actually relevant to you, so there’s no guesswork and no surprises once it’s installed in your own space.
Commercial bakery equipment is at the heart of Vanrooy Machinery. It’s where we got our start and makes up the bulk of our customers.
Once you’ve built your micro business into the successful production you always wanted it to be, you then have a choice to make: stay as a micro bakery or take the leap and move into your first storefront.
If this is the right direction for you, Vanrooy has all the equipment you need to develop new recipes, streamline your processes and scale your output without being detrimental to the products your customers have grown to know and love.
If this is where you are now or where you’re leading towards, let’s have a chat to see what equipment will suit you best. We supply a large range of equipment, making us a one-stop supplier for bakeries at any stage of growth. Check out the range below
Getting your first space up and running is a huge milestone, but it’s rarely the finish line. As your customer base grows and your product range expands, your equipment needs to grow with you, and that’s exactly where Vanrooy comes in for round two.
Many of our ovens are modular, meaning you can add capacity as demand increases rather than replacing your whole setup from scratch. Also, if your space doesn’t fit a standard layout, our custom options let us build solutions tailored to your bakery, whatever shape or size it is.
Scaling up also means bigger investment, so we offer finance options through Flexikitch, Geared Finance and SilverChef to help fund that growth without draining your cash flow at a critical time.
From your very first mixer at home to a full-scale production line, Vanrooy is with you at every stage, because we’ve watched enough home bakers become some of Australia’s most popular bakeries to know that growth doesn’t happen all at once, it happens one smart upgrade at a time.
Because it’s not just about the sale.
Home baking begins
Building recipes and customers
Chat with Vanrooy
Discuss your products and goals
Test Kitchen visit
Trial equipment hands-on
Purchase and finance
Choose equipment and funding
Delivery, installation and training
Your setup is now ready to bake in
Ongoing support
Spare parts and 24/7 help
Good customer service, and the baking industry as a whole, is about a lot more than the equipment we supply. Here at Vanrooy, we want to build real, lasting relationships with the bakeries we work with, backing you well beyond the day your equipment arrives. Here’s how we do that:
A lot of our customers get their start with second-hand equipment, it’s a smart, affordable way to get your foot in the door as a micro bakery without a big upfront investment.
Starting out on your own can feel daunting, so our support doesn’t stop once you’ve bought your equipment. From warranty cover to ongoing guidance, we’re with you every step of the way with our Premier Care.
Equipment wears down or breaks, it happens. When it does, you can easily request parts from us at any time, and our team will talk you through exactly what you need so you’re never left guessing.
From how-to videos to full in-person or video-call training, our experienced technicians and chefs make sure you and your team get the most out of your equipment from day one.
We’ve also built relationships with trusted industry partners, including ingredient suppliers, so you’re not just sorted on equipment but supported across your whole micro bakery journey from day one.
Wherever you’re based, we’ve got you covered. Vanrooy supports micro bakeries nationally, so no matter which state you’re baking in, you can be secure knowing you’ll have hands-on help.
Fill out the form below to discuss your products, kitchen space and goals.
A micro bakery is a small-scale baking business, often run from a home kitchen or compact commercial space, that focuses on a limited range of products rather than full-scale production.
Start by checking your home bakery requirements with your local council, setting up a functional micro bakery kitchen and building a simple home bakery menu around a few standout products.
At a minimum, you’ll need a reliable oven, a mixer suited to your dough volume, proving space and basic prep and storage equipment, with the exact setup depending on your products and kitchen’s power supply.
Small batch generally refers to producing in limited quantities designed for freshness and quality over volume, though the exact number varies depending on your product and equipment capacity.
Vanrooy can guide you through choosing the right micro bakery equipment for your space, power supply and production goals, so you avoid overspending or outgrowing your setup too quickly.
Yes, once your order or finance is approved and the equipment arrives or is built in our warehouse, the team delivers and professionally installs your selected equipment, so there’s no stress or downtime getting your bakery running.
Yes, the team provides training sessions for customers to make sure they can effectively operate their newly purchased equipment, so you and your team are confident from the get go.
Vanrooy works with partners like Geared Finance, which specialises in simple, hassle-free business loans and equipment finance, plus a rent-to-own option through SilverChef and Flexikitch where you can purchase your equipment at any time after the 12-month minimum term.
Yes, all equipment is backed by a 2-year warranty and 24/7 Premier Service, so help is always close by if something needs attention.
The Vanrooy warehouse and Test Kitchen is located in Victoria, Australia, at 14 Brindley Street, Dandenong South VIC 3175.
