The Bellbird Bakery Blog

Let's introduce you to the delicious tradition of sharing the galette des rois.

A festive collection of Christmas favourites from our multicultural team.

We're excited to introduce our new chocolate supplier Weave Cacao. They work directly with cocoa growers in Papua New Guinea.

We share our best tips for storing your bread so it doesn't go stale too fast.

We visited our walnut supplier in West Melton to find out what it takes to grow delicious walnuts.

Jeremy tells us what exactly a sourdough starter is, and why it is so crucial to sourdough bread.

We talk with Lee from Prima to learn about the business that supplies our coffee beans.

Some inspiration to create our own burger using local and seasonal ingredients... and Bellbird burger buns of course!

We talk with Gretha and Paddy to learn about pasture egg farming.

We've asked our Production Manager Dave a few questions to understand what Regenerative Agriculture is.

Have you ever wondered where hot cross buns come from and why we eat them over Easter?

An easy breakfast recipe that is perfect for using up those leftover croissants you might have lying around.

We share an incredibly versatile recipe from Taeko that uses marrows and sourdough.

Or why sourdough is good for us. Also includes a bonus recipe!

We introduce the concept of 'Pain à la Coupe', commonly used in French bakeries.

We share Taeko's delicious recipe for the crispier crackers you'll ever eat 😋

Bellbird owners Alice and Jeremy tell us about their 3-month cycling trip around Europe.

Canterbury’s Choice Milk is a family-owned and operated dairy farm in Springston ...

Melandie, one of our lovely team members and resident South African, shares ...

Another supplier series featuring our lovely cocoa supplier: Trade Aid! As many ...

We talk with Matt from Milmore Downs, a certified organic grain farm located in North Canterbury. Milmore Downs is one of our two lovely flour ...

Sourdough comes in many shapes and sizes. While it is a simple ...

December is finally here! Christmas trees are up, festive lights are on, ...

Life gets busy sometimes and even with the best of intentions, it ...

An authentic French Toast recipe, by Bellbird’s French co-owner Alice, made with ...

Thanks to our friends at Story Bites, you can get an insight ...

Not sure what to do with some old sourdough bread? Here’s an ...

So many of our customers have been asking if we do baking ...

Too many hot cross buns? We know stale hot cross buns are ...

The first lockdown took us all by surprise. Luckily we were able to offer home deliveries, some of them by bicycle!

We recently invested in an electric van to do our deliveries around ...

Christmas is over… now celebrate the Epiphanie with our Galette des Rois! ...

We competed in the Great NZ Bread Bake Off Awards, a baking ...

Our friends from Action Bicycle Club came to interview Alice and Jeremy ...