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Not done Yet: Award Winning Piemaker still at Careel Bay Shops until end of august

Daniel Roberts, the award winning piemaker who currently has Oliver's Pies at 1 Careel Head Road, stated this week he intends to keep making pies at this site until the end of his lease, which at this stage runs until the end of August 2026. 

No discussions with the owners about a renewal of that lease has yet taken place.

Other retailers have already left the premises due to an approved DA for the site, with Cranzgots Pizza Cafe recently closing.

Daniel and his great crew are the last ones standing - and continue to offer their scrumptious pies; good news for those who look forward to these all year round but especially as the year gets colder.

Daniel took over the business 13 years ago. He began baking as a 16-year-old with his dad, has 3 brothers who are bakers too, and has been in the industry for 26 years. 

His pies were multi-award winners in 2017 too, including 5 gold medals.

During the 2017 edition Daniel’s pies formed part of the Great Aussie Pie Competition and won Gold in the Seafood Pie Category: 1st – Oliver’s Pies, Avalon NSW (Smoked Fish Pie), against all comers, across Australia. 

He also took out anther 4 Golds and 5 Silver medals in that edition. The list of other wins is pretty long.

Daniel gets his ideas from home recipes and from looking around at what other bakeries might be doing and ways he could improve favourite pies. The Reps that call at Oliver’s also provide insights into what’s trending in the pie world.

Summer through Winter the proof is in the crust and the filling to all who keep popping in for their favourites.

Originally from New Zealand Daniel moved to Australia for, as he states it, for ‘the opportunities’.

He also came for the Holden cars, explaining

‘’Deep down I’m a bogan I guess’’ – then laughs, ‘’No, I grew up with great Holden posters on my walls and always wanted one of my own.’’

And now, thanks to hard work and perfecting his own recipes, this multi-gold and silver medallist of the pie world does own a Holden.

As Oliver's is open from 6am all 7 days of the week, this is a perfect place for Tradies heading north to get a breakfast quiche as well.

Development Application DA2024/1091, as amended, for the demolition works and construction of a mixed use development with basement parking comprising of retail uses and a childcare centre at 1-3 Careel Head Road, Avalon Beach, was determined by the grant of consent and through a Land and Environment court determination with the judgement handed down on September 4 2025.