2025 Pyney’s 🥧 Reviews
Review No 7
Rick’s on 6th
(Maroochydore QLD)
OCT 2024
With the Hervey Bay/Maryborough leg over I continued to travel further south and eventually lobbing on the Sunshine Coast. The coast area was the beginning of my 🥧 journey back in 2020 and since then i have visited over 40 bakeries in the area. Of course there are bakeries here and there I’ve missed and one of the those is Rick’s on 6th.
Rick’s of 6th is the brainchild of two legends named Graham and Rick. Between the pair they have over 60 years plus experience in the baking industry. As the name suggests Ricks on 6th is located on 6th ave Maroochydore and has been operating for 2 years. Prior to that the lads had the highly successfull “Rick’s Artisan Pies and Sourdough” in Noosa for over 4 years.
The current location is absolutely stunning. The design and fit out the boys have done is beautiful. The open layout, the public viewing room and even having there own small flour mill on site, this bakery is a eye catcher. Once you see through the design and the stunning features your’re going to be fixated on unbelievable products that fill the cabinets. These guys and there staff know how to bake and the pastry’s, savorys and cakes on display here are up there with the best I’ve seen. Today was all about the 🥧’s and after getting reacquainted with the lads it was time to start this review.
Choosing a 🥧 to review this week was very simple. I was there to try the “Creamy Jack Daniel’s Beef with garlic buttered mushrooms 🥧” just the name of this 🥧 had me excited and OMG i was drooling at the mouth from the moment it came out of the warmer.
🥧 THE REVIEW 🥧
1. Value for Money – $8.90 is certainly creeping up there in price, but this is a gourmet 🥧 of the highest quality. The 🥧 was a decent size in height and diameter and the 🥧 weighed in above industry standard. 8/10
2. Meat/Fill Ratio – A couple spots here and there to fill but overall this 🥧 was pretty full. 9/10
3. Flavour – Absolutely beautiful !!! You don’t normally associate “Jack Daniels” in a creamy sauce, but this was a mastersteoke. The meat was tenderly soaked in the Jack Daniels and the Jack flavor was clearly evident. The mushrooms were perfect and also had real nice flavour to it. Overall this was a perfect flavoured 🥧. Great job guys. 10/10
4. Pastry – A little bit of a mixed bag here !!! The color, shape, stability and pastry taste were all first class, there was a little shrinkage on one side but nothing major. The bakes and bake thinknesses let this category score down. Both the bakes were a fraction too thick, slightly underbaked and needed more time in the oven. This could have been a once off but I need to score it how I see it. 7/10
5. Serving Temperature – Perfect temp. 10/10
Overall Rating
🥧🥧 44/50 🥧🥧
Apart from the bakes and bake thicknesses the scores we’re all very high and consistent. The flavour of this 🥧 was out of this world and the creamy sauce was very different and worked a treat. The meat was also cooked to perfection and melted in your mouth. Yes $8.90 is up there, but not out of control. Overall this was a beautiful tasting 🥧 and the team have done a great job with this one.
This place is a dead set must visit. The products speak for themselves and the customer service is sensational. Another A-list bakery to add to your 🥧 book.
To Graham and Rick a massive thank you for having me in your stunning bakery. These two fellas are icons of the industry and their knowledge and professionalism is second to none. The dedication and hard work they have put into the industry over the years is unbelievable. There previous bakery was review no 2 for me back in 2020 and it was awesome catching up with the lads again. Stay safe fellas and I will see you again when I’m next on the coast.
