2025 Pyney’s 🥧 Reviews
Review No 64
Jarrod’s Bakery
(Bairnsdale VIC)
June 2025
My time around the Lake Entrance/Paynesville area was sensational I cannot recommend this area enough. There is so much to see and do in this magnificent part of Aus and to list the highlights would take too long. This next review was another that happened by complete coincidence. On the way home from my review at Paynesville, I dropped into ones of the pubs in Bairnsdale for a quick skewie. Sitting at the next table was a couple of legends named Carlie and Marc. As you do, you say g’day and have a yarn, but as it turns out these two legends own and operate Jarrods Bakery Bairnsdale in the centre of town. So we exchanged numbers and I agreed to meet them in a few days.
Jarrod’s Bakehouse has two locations in Bairnsdale and Wy Yung, employing a whopping 26 plus staff which is incredible for a country town. The day of my visit I went to the store located on 198 Main Street.
Carlie has been in the baking game for over 24 years and purchased this place 4 years ago. Hubby Marc works in FIFO, but when he’s home this champion can be seen in the bakery assisting the team.
When you first walk in, your eyes will be fixated on what is a mega impressive cabinet display. The cabinets are totally loaded up with so much stuff and gee wizz everything looked unbelievable. The flow of these cabinets works exceptionally well, Carlie and the team do a sterling job keeping these full to the brim all day, every day. At the end of these cabinets is the 🥧 warmer, glowing brighter than the morning sun. My attention immediately turned to choosing a 🥧 to review and I couldn’t wait to get cracking.
20 plus incredible flavours to choose from with literally every combination possible. Choosing only one 🥧 to review was going to be difficult, so I asked around and was advised to give the “Chicken, Cheese, Bacon and Mustard” 🥧 a go. This particular combination was like nothing I’ve ever tried and I knew I had to give it a crack.
🥧 THE REVIEW 🥧
1. Value for Money – $6.90 was terrific value. This 🥧 was a decent size in both weight and diameter and from memory weighed in around 265 grams. Not quite in the gourmet range but this 🥧 was priced exceptionally well. 9/10
2. Meat/Fill Ratio – Zero problems here, this 🥧 was totally full. 10/10
3. Flavour – I was totally surprised, the flavour in this bad boy was fantasic. Every ingredient was clearly evident with every bite. The cheese in particular was the perfect amount as was the mustard sauce. It’s not often you see mustard inside a 🥧, but this worked. Loved it !! 9.5/10
4. Pastry – To be honest their wasn’t much wrong with this pastry. The only negative was the bottom bake was a little thick and slightly underbaked. Apart from that the pastry quality was great. Colour, stability, shape and shrinkage were all on point and the pastry had a really nice taste as well. 8.5/10
5. Serving Temperature – Perfect serving temp. No issues at all. 10/10
Overall Rating
🥧🥧 47/50 🥧🥧
This is not a flavour I would normally go for, but I absolutely loved it. As mentioned earlier, the combination of ingredients all worked an absolute treat, particularly the mustard sauce. The cheese and bacon were the supporting acts, and both tasted great. The 🥧 was priced really well and was totally full. The bottom bake and thickness needed a little tweak, but apart from that that this was a product of high quality. Carlie, great work with the combination of ingredients you’ve created, this was a basic but beautiful 🥧.
100% add this epic little bakery to your travel plans. The Main Street can get quite busy, but don’t panic there is plenty of parking around the surrounding streets. If you want the finest old school bakery products you’ve come to the right place.
This was a chance meeting, that turned into a memorable visits. A massive thank you to Carlie, Marc and the entire team for having me in. This is a serious operation that takes time and effort and the amount of work you guys have put into this business is mind blowing. You guys are doing a monumental job juggling 2 thriving bakeries whilst being amazing parents. It was great to meet you both and next time let’s have a decent drink at the pub.
As always thanks for the ongoing support and keep supporting 🇦🇺 bakeries and don’t forget to invite all your friends to the page.
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