Australia's best bakery of 2026 has been crowned

Banana Boogie Bakery in South Australia has just been crowned the Best Bakery at the 2026 Australian Small Business Champion Awards.

Owners Jason and Kelly Spencer were at the Star Sydney on Saturday to accept the honour, one of many accolades they have received since launching their popular bakery, but certainly the most prestigious so far.

Jason told Today his nerves took over while they waited for the results, so he asked ChatGPT what their chances of winning were.

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"Chat was like, 'You're up there. You're already recognised for your best sausage roll and vanilla slice. Anything could happen'," he recalled.

It even gave him a speech he could use in the event the bakery won.

"Ten minutes later we were up there," he said.

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Banana Boogie Bakery has won a string of awards over the years, but this is by far their most prestigious.

The bakery has won local awards and has also been recognised for their vanilla slice, sausage rolls, hot cross buns, meat pies, and pasties.

The pair thanked their customers on social media following the awards.

"We did it," they wrote. "Last night at the Champion Awards in Sydney, Banana Boogie was named Best Bakery.

"After taking out the state title late last year, we thought we'd throw our hat in the ring at a national level… and what do you know.

"This one means a lot. To our team – the early mornings, the pressure, the consistency you bring every day… this is yours.

"To everyone who supports us across both stores – thank you. You back us hard and push us to keep raising the bar.

"We're proud of what we've built… and we're not slowing down anytime soon."

They ended their post by saying: "See you in the shop."

Banana Boogie Bakery famously got its start selling banana bread out the back of a car at the markets.

The soon upgraded to a van and added a variety of products before moving into the two stores.

Banana Boogie Bakery can be found inn South Australia at Belair and North Plympton.

In October 2025 they were awarded Best Bakery at the Greater Adelaide Local Business Awards.

Their vanilla slice has picked up multiple awards, including being crowed the second best vanilla slice in the country at The Great Australian Vanilla Slice Triumph Merbein in 2025 and the previous year they won the 2024 Great Australian Vanilla Slice Triumph award.

Banana Boogie Bakery's sausage roll was named the best in Australia for the second year in a row in 2024 at the Baking Association of Australia's (BAA) South Australian Baking Show awards.

They have also picked up accolades for their hot cross buns and range of 14 meat pies and pasties.

Banana Boogie Bakery also picked up Best Plain Meat pie and best Gourmet Pastie at the Baking Associations National Trade Show in 2023.

Australia's only professional pie taster, Shaun Pyne, known as 'Pyney the Pie Man', has been a fan of Banana Boogie Bakery for years.

During his most recent visit to the bakery in August 2025 he tried out their Tuscan Chicken pie and gave it a 47 out of 50, describing the flavour as "outstanding".

"Decent size chicken pieces, sun dried tomatoes, green olives, basil, oregano, bathed in a creamy sauce. Every bite got better and better," he said.

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