Byron Gourmet Pies was created in 1996, by Jean-Paul and Theresa, French pastry chefs in Byron Bay, when asked to bake pies for the Byron Bay Blues Festival. The pies became so popular that Jean-Paul and Teresa dropped their local French pastry business and focused solely on pie making, hence the beginning of Byron Gourmet Pies !
Jean-Paul’s passion for pastry making and travel, set the foundation for the creation of some of the most exciting, original and exotic gourmet flavors for which the company is now famous.

After 15 years of expanding their range into gluten free, vegetarian and vegan pies the business was sold to Stuart and Suzanne Taylor, farmers, and their son Alex a baker. They continued to build on the legacy initiated by Jean Paul, expanding the foot print, ensuring the products reached as far as Melbourne from Byron Bay.

In 2023 Stuart and Suzanne wanting to retire sold the business to Andrew and Pene Morkel, also farmers, with Alex staying on to ensure the legacy continued. Andrew and Penes commitment to wholesome goodness being no different from the previous owners, continue with the help of Alex, Dean, Belinda and the team to source quality local fresh produce and ingredients to create a premium product. All products are first locally sourced before turning to other products if unavailable and only organic Australian beef is used. All products are preservative free and GMO free.
In early 2024 Byron Gourmet Pies moved from the old factory at Byron into a new purpose built factory in the nearby town of Ballina. This has been an exciting move enabling us to free up capacity to grow our footprint and at the same time retain the same great staff, all who have worked in the business for a number of years, a truly dedicated competent team.

Our commitment as a family owned and run business is to continue the legacy started all those years ago by Jean-Paul and Theresa. We continue to grow our footprint hoping to make our  thirty different pies and rolls (something for everyone)  accessible to more consumers, organic, gluten free, vegetarian and vegan.

We encourage you to go ahead and try one of our delicious pies/rolls filled with Aussie goodness! Distributed widely along the south eastern Australian seaboard from Brisbane, Sydney to Melbourne.