Bunso Breads is the first and only Filipino Bakery in the Tri-Valley. Rina is the heart and the baker behind the delicious breads. Our best sellers include Ensaymada Balls™ (bite-sized versions of the traditional Filipino brioche), Buko Pie (young coconut pie), and anything and everything Ube.

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“Bunso” in Tagalog means the youngest sibling, the dearest of all! Rina is the Bunso among six siblings. The name reflects who the owner is, as well as the Filipino family culture of calling every youngest sibling in the family “Bunso” instead of by their names.

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Rina earned her Culinary Arts and Advanced Baking Degrees from the University of Hawaii. She worked at the Four Seasons Hotels in Maui and Washington, DC as a baker for several years. Rina also trained in the US Army as a Food Service Specialist and ended her 28 years of military career as a Chief Warrant Officer (CW2) in Food Service. 

 

Long before Bunso Breads, Rina had been baking from her home in Rockville, Maryland while attending nursing school. It was obvious that her love for baking and cooking was stronger, and her passion for baking eventually became a career. In 2013, Rina, along with Olla, began working out of their home kitchen and became as one of the first official Home Bakeries in Northern California. The Home Bakery was registered and licensed under the California Cottage Food Operations (CFO) Class A. In 2017, Bunso Breads upgraded to Class B and welcomed customers to their Home Bakery.  Finally in February 2019, the first brick-and-mortar Filipino commercial bakery in Downtown Pleasanton, CA opened.