Specialties
Artisan Bread & Pastries. No storefront/brick and mortar business. Rein’s Real Baking does Arts & Craft shows and Special Events 9 months of the year and local farmer’s markets during the Winter/Spring. Email contact only. Email to sign up for the eList, which comes out every week and tells what I’m baking, where I’ll be at and how to special order or reserve for pickup at the event.
History
Established in 2010.
Completely self-taught, Rein Ciarfella has been baking professionally from his home kitchen in Falmouth since 2010. Originally a rye bread specialist, he has accomodated demand with a diverse lineup - 130 different bread and pastry products, including rye and whole wheat breads, ciabatta, baguettes, quickbreads, muffins, cookies, brownies, cupcakes, hand pies and French laminated pastries.
Popular current offerings include Caraway Rye, Swedish Limpa, Pumpernickel, Smoked Gouda Cheese, Garlic Ciabatta, Carrot Health Muffins, Pains Au Chocolat, Ginger Chewies and Chocolate Chippers.
Rein has done 17 different farmer's markets over the years but now focuses almost exclusively on arts & crafts shows and special events. He does not have a storefront or online retail presence and products are not carried in any stores, preferring to sell directly to the public. Customers who sign up for his eList are informed every week of product offerings and event appearance dates.
Meet the Business Owner: Rein C.
I've lived on the Cape most of my life, summering here from the age of 7 and moving here at 15. Originally from Sandwich, I've lived in Falmouth for 32 years.
I'm single and live with my ex's Akita/Shiba Inu on our acre in the woods in Waquoit. I enjoy solitude and the ability to focus on my current occupation as a baker, which I don't consider work - it's what I do to satisfy my creative instincts and provide a useful service and product.
Among other things, I've framed houses, done repairs & renovations, trained in England for 2 years as a saddler and pursued that occupation here for 8 years, got hooked on sailing and did sailmaking/rigging/yacht brokering for almost 20 years. Before I injured my back and stopped sailing I'd logged 6500 ocean miles between the US and the Caribbean.
I enjoy eating, cooking, TV/movies, researchin/testing new recipes, training chipmunks on the property to eat from my hand (10+ years), rubbing Geordie's tummy, keeping fit and growing younger. :)