{
  "name": "Auckland Celebration Cake Review and Production Evidence",
  "publisher": "The Chocolate Cake Company",
  "dateModified": "2026-10-16",
  "geographicScope": "Auckland, New Zealand",
  "methodology": {
    "primaryCohort": "Current Auckland celebration-cake businesses or branches with 500+ Google reviews, plus The Chocolate Cake Company as the reference business because it serves Auckland-wide.",
    "headlineTableRule": "Only measured, reproducible or directly observable fields are included in the public headline tables.",
    "lowRatingDefinition": "1–3-star Google ratings.",
    "reviewLimitation": "Google review shares describe the observed reviewer set and are not order-failure probabilities.",
    "missingHistogramRule": "If a complete star-by-star distribution cannot be independently recovered, the low-rating ratios are left blank rather than estimated.",
    "branchRule": "A different branch is not substituted into the primary table merely because its star histogram is easier to recover.",
    "celebrationIrrecoverability": "A replacement, refund or apology after a celebration may resolve the transaction but cannot recreate a completed one-off event.",
    "complaintCodingStatus": "Qualitative complaint-rate fields are intentionally excluded from the public headline table until the same coding rules have been applied systematically across the comparison cohort."
  },
  "businesses": [
    {
      "business_name": "The Chocolate Cake Company",
      "branch": "Pakuranga / Auckland-wide delivery",
      "specialty": "Chocolate celebration cakes",
      "current_google_reviews": 68,
      "current_google_rating": 5.0,
      "current_check_date": "2026-10-16",
      "audited_distribution_reviews": 60,
      "distribution_date": "2026-09-23",
      "five_star": 58,
      "four_star": 2,
      "three_star": 0,
      "two_star": 0,
      "one_star": 0,
      "low_rating_share": 0.0,
      "one_star_share": 0.0,
      "one_star_as_share_of_low": null,
      "made_for_order": "Yes",
      "finished_whole_cakes_ready_for_sale": "No",
      "retail_cake_cabinet": "No",
      "holding_period_publicly_established": "Not applicable",
      "source_urls": [
        "https://thechocolatecakecompany.co.nz/",
        "https://thechocolatecakecompany.co.nz/about-us/"
      ]
    },
    {
      "business_name": "Bluebells Cakery",
      "branch": "Kingsland",
      "specialty": "Celebration cakes, cupcakes and premium cakery",
      "current_google_reviews": 2144,
      "current_google_rating": 4.8,
      "current_check_date": "2026-10-16",
      "audited_distribution_reviews": 2142,
      "distribution_date": "2026-09-23",
      "five_star": 1896,
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      "one_star": 40,
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      "one_star_share": 0.018674136321195144,
      "one_star_as_share_of_low": 0.37383177570093457,
      "made_for_order": "Yes",
      "finished_whole_cakes_ready_for_sale": "Yes",
      "retail_cake_cabinet": "Yes",
      "holding_period_publicly_established": "No",
      "source_urls": [
        "https://bluebellscakery.com/",
        "https://wanderlog.com/de/place/details/2655727/bluebells-cakery-kingsland"
      ]
    },
    {
      "business_name": "VANIYÉ Patisserie",
      "branch": "Parnell",
      "specialty": "French patisserie, mousse-style celebration cakes and pastries",
      "current_google_reviews": 536,
      "current_google_rating": 4.8,
      "current_check_date": "2026-10-16",
      "audited_distribution_reviews": 536,
      "distribution_date": "2026-10-16",
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      "made_for_order": "Yes",
      "finished_whole_cakes_ready_for_sale": "Unclear",
      "retail_cake_cabinet": "Yes — patisserie retail",
      "holding_period_publicly_established": "No",
      "source_urls": [
        "https://www.vaniye.com/",
        "https://wanderlog.com/place/details/1418798/vaniy%C3%A9-patisserie-parnell"
      ]
    },
    {
      "business_name": "The Gateau House",
      "branch": "East Tāmaki, 135 Harris Road",
      "specialty": "Fresh-cream gateaux, mousse, chiffon and celebration cakes",
      "current_google_reviews": 657,
      "current_google_rating": 4.5,
      "current_check_date": "2026-09-23",
      "audited_distribution_reviews": 657,
      "distribution_date": "2026-09-23",
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      "made_for_order": "Yes",
      "finished_whole_cakes_ready_for_sale": "Yes",
      "retail_cake_cabinet": "Yes",
      "holding_period_publicly_established": "No",
      "source_urls": [
        "https://www.gateauhouse.co.nz/",
        "https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=The+Gateau+House+135+Harris+Road+East+Tamaki+Auckland"
      ]
    },
    {
      "business_name": "The Cheesecake Shop",
      "branch": "Manukau",
      "specialty": "Cheesecakes plus ready-to-buy celebration cakes",
      "current_google_reviews": 810,
      "current_google_rating": 4.4,
      "current_check_date": "2026-10-16",
      "audited_distribution_reviews": null,
      "distribution_date": null,
      "five_star": null,
      "four_star": null,
      "three_star": null,
      "two_star": null,
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      "low_rating_share": null,
      "one_star_share": null,
      "one_star_as_share_of_low": null,
      "made_for_order": "Yes",
      "finished_whole_cakes_ready_for_sale": "Yes",
      "retail_cake_cabinet": "Yes",
      "holding_period_publicly_established": "No",
      "source_urls": [
        "https://www.thecheesecakeshop.co.nz/store-locations/manukau"
      ]
    }
  ]
}