Village Bakehouse
Village Bakehouse is a bakery at 211-B Waimairi Road, Ilam, Christchurch, inside the Ilam commercial centre.
Checked 16 Oct 2026
This small bakery is run by a French trained pastry chef and baker who is committed to baking using traditional artisan methods to bring a new level of taste the local community. Open Monday - Saturday 6am-6pm
The only bakery on the record in Ilam
211-B Waimairi Road, Ilam
Its own website lists
Read from the site itself 2 Oct 2026, Its own website.
Reviews
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Nearby
Environment Canterbury’s Canterbury Maps Parks layer, refreshed 2026-10-10. Distances are straight-line from the business pin, not walking routes.
The nearest other bakeries
Also in Ilam
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | 211-B Waimairi Road, Ilam | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Kind | Bakeries | OpenStreetMap |
| Phone | 03 358 9020 | Find Christchurch, 2024 · its own site agrees |
| Website | villagebakehouse.co.nz | Find Christchurch, 2024 · its own site agrees |
| enq@villagebakehouse.co.nz | Find Christchurch, 2024 · its own site agrees | |
| Menu | villagebakehouse.co.nz | Its own website |
| NZBN | 9429052093753, NZ Limited Company | NZBN register |
| Registered name | BIG SOCK ENTERPRISES LIMITED | NZBN register |
| Registered since | 14 May 2024 | NZBN register |
| Industry | Restaurant operation | NZBN register |
| Trades as | Village Bakehouse Limited | NZBN register |
| Food registration | reg CCC005941/1, Template FCP, verified by CCC, expires 18 Sept 2027 | MPI food register |
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How the council’s directory described it
This small bakery is run by a French trained pastry chef and baker who is committed to baking using traditional artisan methods to bring a new level of taste the local community. Open Monday - Saturday 6am-6pm
— Find Christchurch, 2024. The business’s own words from about 2024, repeated as a lead, not checked.
The ground it stands on
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| District Plan zone | Neighbourhood centre zone | District Plan |
| Commercial centre | Ilam, local centre | District Plan |
The reports nearby
526 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Roads & footpaths and Rubbish & dumping, 401 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
Litter
Water Leak
Rubbish and Bins - General
Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa
Fallen Tree
Rubbish and Bins - General
Traffic Signals
Traffic Signals
Pavement - GeneralQuestions, answered briefly
A bakery in Ilam, Christchurch.
211-B Waimairi Road, Ilam. On the map →
On OpenStreetMap and in the council’s 2024 directory.
phone 03 358 9020 (Find Christchurch, 2024), its website (Find Christchurch, 2024), email enq@villagebakehouse.co.nz (Find Christchurch, 2024).
Avonhead Bakery (1.3 km), Joyful Bake House & Joy Tea (1.6 km), Panadero Filipino Bakery (1.7 km), every one in the city.
6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Ilam Barbeques (7 m); the Maidstone Rd bus stop is 78 m away: route 3; a cycle lane passes the door; nearest park: Ray Blank Park (200 m).
The record behind this
This page is the union of what these public sources say, each fact above names the one it came from. A listing is a lead, not a promise the business still trades:
- OpenStreetMap, named premises drawn and kept current by its contributors (ODbL)
- Find Christchurch, the council’s business directory, a snapshot last touched about March 2024 (CC BY 4.0)
- Christchurch District Plan layers, zones, commercial centres and scheduled heritage items, from the council’s open data (CC BY 4.0)
- Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record, distances measured here from the pin
- Christchurch City Council’s cycleway layer, lanes, separated paths and the named Major Cycle Routes (CC BY 4.0)
- The business’s own website, read politely by chch.live for contact details the open record is missing, re-checked monthly
- New Zealand Business Number register, the public facts every NZBN entity files (legal name, status, registration date, industry), matched here by name and address
- Ministry for Primary Industries food-business register, the public Food Act registration for these premises, verified by the named agency, matched here by name and address
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