Founded in January 2018, Wonder Pies is the brainchild of renowned Melbourne Chef, Raymond Capaldi, and was established as a wholesale bakehouse that specialises in a range of savoury and sweet bakery products. At its core, the Wonder Pies vision looks toward a future where food is accessible as a casual dining experience with convenient and premium quality food.
OUR STORY
WONDER PIES
The initial concept was simple; to produce the best pies and pastries from the best locally sourced ingredients, and we continue to be committed to this and pride ourselves on the quality of our handcrafted deep pan pies with a short crust, topped with puff pastry then finished with a French glaze. Only a few short years on, our product range has grown under the leadership of Head Baker, George Callus, and we are exceptionally proud to now offer a selection of pies, rolls, quiches and pasties for events, functions, individuals, families, and restaurants. As well as providing food service options across our collection of products, we are excited to offer Nana Fraser’s sweets, Plantico’s vegan selection, filos, croquettes, chiko rolls, pate, terrines, and our mac ‘n cheese signature range.
We supply our products to a vast range of high-quality restaurants and retailers throughout Australia, as well as our own Baketico bakeri and larder stores around Melbourne. Wonder Pies can now be found across Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane and soon in Sydney.
RAYMOND CAPALDI
Scottish-born chef Raymond Capaldi is well-known to Melburnians for his time at the Hotel Sofitel in the late '90s, where he established the Sofitel cooking academy. Since moving to London from Scotland in 1986 to work at the legendary Dorchester Hotel in The Terrace kitchen where 2 Michelin stars were awarded with Anton Mossiman. Capaldi has enjoyed an outstanding career that has included executive roles at some of the premier fine-dining restaurants in the world.
His global resume includes the Gleneagles 5 Star Hotel in Scotland, the Park Lane Hotel Hong Kong, the British Embassy in Moscow, Hotel Martinez in Cannes and Sheraton Mirage in Port Douglas. Other key accomplishments include being named 1992 'Scottish Chef of the Year', achieving 3 Chef's hats in The Age Good Food Guide, The Restaurant Association of UK Young Chef of the Year '85 and represented the UK in the skilled Olympics in Osaka and achieved 4th place and awarded a diploma of excellence.
ABOUT WONDER PIES
Demand made Wonder Pies retail expand and it has been an incredible pathway since Capaldi swapped his chef hats and white linen for a pie factory outlet in Bulleen in 2017. Wonder Pies by Raymond Capaldi started supplying pies to some of Melbourne's favourite venues... and filling the boots of his customer's cars who visited the factory shop.
The pie shop quickly grew a strong following with the customers travelling from near and far. This interest inspired the team to pursue more opportunities for shops around Melbourne.
Capaldi says: "People would come specifically for the pies - they'd load up their boot - and they would always ask, 'Where else are you available, where else are you stocked?' We thought, 'If people are happy to come to us here, where there are no other shops - it's not a destination it's a factory - well, we thought we would take the pies to the people."
ABOUT RAYMOND CAPALDI
Scottish-born chef Raymond Capaldi is well-known to Melburnians for his time at the Hotel Sofitel in the late '90s, where he established the Sofitel cooking academy. Since moving to London from Scotland in 1986 to work at the legendary Dorchester Hotel in The Terrace kitchen where 2 Michelin stars were awarded with Anton Mossiman. Capaldi has enjoyed an outstanding career that has included executive roles at some of the premier fine-dining restaurants in the world. His global resume includes the Gleneagles 5 Star Hotel in Scotland, the Park Lane Hotel Hong Kong, the British Embassy in Moscow, Hotel Martinez in Cannes and Sheraton Mirage in Port Douglas. Other key accomplishments include being named 1992 'Scottish Chef of the Year', achieving 3 Chef's hats in The Age Good Food Guide, The Restaurant Association of UK Young Chef of the Year '85 and represented the UK in the skilled Olympics in Osaka and achieved 4th place and awarded a diploma of excellence.
EXPERT CRAFTSMAN BAKERS AND ARTISAN PASTRY
CHEFS MAKE OUR PIES FRESH EVERYDAY
We are more than just pies with a range of quiches, sweets, lasagna & salads.
BAKED DAILY BY EXPERT CRAFTSPEOPLE & ARTISANAL PASTRY CHEFS
Handcrafted gourmet pies and pastries by Raymond Capaldi made from only the finest locally sourced ingredients.