Country Cob Bakery - Kyneton — Restaurant in Victoria

Since moving to Victoria I’ve noticed that just about every second bakery you drive past has won the coveted Australian Pie of the Year award. I’ve had some absolute rippers so on a recent drive to Melbourne, we simply had to stop in to try the latest winner, Country Cob Bakery and the Cambodian Amuk Fish Curry pie. We visited the Kyneton store and the line for service was out the door. Besides the fish curry pie, we bought a caramelised pork and pepper pie, a cowboy beef and a mushroom pie that I can’t find on the menu online. They came second place with their vanilla slice as well so it would’ve been rude not to indulge. Let’s start with the big winner. I wasn’t sure about a fish flavoured pie and I can’t lie, the first bite was a little bit strange to wrap your head around that flavour in pie shaped form. I’m happy to report that each subsequent bite yielded an explosion of happiness on my tongue so you did not want it to end. The pie form held together nicely so there was no mess besides my salivation splashing everywhere. An incredibly pleasant surprise and not a flavour I would have contemplated buying in the past. All the others we got were wonderful. I think they’ve all won awards from the previous few years. The caramelised pork and pepper is right up my alley for pie flavour (I’m a pepper steak kind of guy). Delicious! The cowboy beef: Delicious again! Even the mushroom pie knocked us for six! No meal is complete without dessert, but if you blinked, you would have missed that we even got the vanilla slices. It was like a magicians trick how quick we devoured them! Well played, Country Cob. The awards are well deserved in...

My partner and I came to Country Cob hoping for some beef curry pies and jam donuts to take away at lunchtime on a Sunday. Despite there being a decent length queue, there were plenty of friendly staff on hand keeping things moving.

While waiting in the queue I was eyeing off all of the delicious looking, beautifully presented treats. It was a relief to be able to get exactly what I wanted, because so many times we've visited bakeries only to find that they're sold out of most things by 1pm. Especially curry pies. Not a problem here though, as I could see the bakers continually stocking up the oven.

By the time I got to the front of the queue I'd decided to add a vanilla slice and Biscoff dome to my order. After all, they looked s-o-o-o good and I didn't know if I'd be able to get back any time soon.

From the first bite into our pies we knew that we'd made a good decision to visit Country Cob. They were real, tasty, beef curry pies. Absolutely delicious! Likewise the jam donuts. The vanilla slice was the best I can remember having for over 40 years. A delicious trip down memory lane. The Biscoff dome seemed to have a coffee flavour, which I didn't mind but my partner wasn't keen on.

Having noticed the pasties in the oven on our first visit we decided to indulge again the next day, on our way home to Melbourne. Another good decision, because they also were absolutely delicious. The crispy pastry and delicious filling were absolutely first rate. Next time we're in or passing through Kyneton I know where we'll be stopping for our...

Purchased heated/eat now and cold/heat and eat later. An epic array of pies that have won many awards. So too, enormous range of old school cakes and slices - neenish tarts, custard tarts, jelly slice etc. The Fish Amok pie is really good - great flaky pastry holding a thick, mild fish curry within. You can see why this bakery consistently wins awards. Having said that, I’ve had better sausage rolls elsewhere - the late nineties iteration of the Spotted Dog Cafe in Bentleigh comes to mind. Go figure. Anyhow, definitely a reason to travel to Kyneton - brief queue more than justified. Looking forward to trying their Pepper Pork pie in the next day or so. Friendly staff; seated dining if required; standard Amatil range of beverages. If the epic array of pies they have doesn’t have what you’re looking for, around the corner, there’s Piper Street Food Company - their pies are in a league of their own too. And if they don’t float your boat and that itch for pie succour remains out of reach, get around to the cafe at Spring Hill Nursery and score one of the Steak Bacon and Cheese pies there, they’re truly fine too - though there's generally a wait while they heat the pie up - delayed gratification tolerance required!

Returned 03.2025: Takeout - i went straight for the pepper pork pie, so good. Also secured a jelly slice. Go-Betweens on the radio. Paradise by the dashboard in daylight - nary a Meatloaf to be seen! Or heard! Thank f$*^k for that. But it's there...