UPDATE: Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking to launch exclusively on Prime Video in the UK and Ireland on 17th December.
Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking is premiering tonight at 8|7c on Food Network and streaming on Max.
And here's a very special first look at the opening of the show!
The series will stream on Max across available territories
If you're in the right territory to stream Max, (you can find out here) Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking will be available via Food Network. The show launches exclusively on Prime Video in the UK and Ireland on 17th December.
The series is filmed at the home of the Harry Potter films
Yes! Our pastry chefs will be whisking, chopping, rolling and sprinkling their way through a series of spellbinding challenges at the most magical place of all: Warner Bros. Studio Tour London. Perhaps the magical settings will inspire our bakers. And at the end, their grand trophy will be presented to them in the Great Hall set - just as if it were the House Cup!
The Phelps twins are your esteemed hosts
They've conquered Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes, and now, the Phelps twins are entering the messy world of baking (well, the Weasley twins did perfect a Canary Cream once upon a time...) and they're not alone. Judges Carla Hall and Jozel Youssef will be on hand to offer culinary tips to the competing bakers.
Expect guests from the Harry Potter films
If it wasn't enough having to create show-stopping works of baked art, the bakers will also be greeted with some special visitors throughout the show! From Bonnie Wright to Warwick Davis to Evanna Lynch, will our celebrity guests inspire the contestants... or create a distraction?
The bakers will come in pairs
Baking can be a stressful experience as many of you will know. But thankfully, for these professionals, they will be buddied up.
Each team will come in pairs to create their confectionary creations. Teams competing are: Kimberly Adams (Milwaukee, MI) and Ashley Cardona (Charleston, SC), Lisa Altfest (Orange County, CA) and Mitzi Reyes (Los Angeles, CA), Hemu Basumatary (Katy, TX) and Riccardo Menicucci (Los Angeles, CA), Zoe Burmester (Brooklyn, NY) and Jordan Pilarski (Ojai, CA), Jess Lewis (Washington, DC) and Jamie Louks (Seattle, WA), Kayla Giddings(Lafayette, LA) and Yohann Le Bescond (Ocala, FL), Juan Gutierrez (Chicago, IL) and Elizabeth Rowe (Dallas, TX), Michael Russ II (Modesto, CA) and Conner Strackman (Smithville, TX), and Christopher Teixeira (Chicago, IL) and Miko Uy (Astoria, NY).
The showstoppers will be themed around characters, settings and magical moments from the Harry Potter series
In the clip above, we spotted a breathtaking Patronus piece, a Fawkes the Phoenix showstopper and a homage to the Whomping Willow (we wish we could be chomping that Willow!) complete with a moving spider! What other wizardry will our bakers conjure up?
The prize will be a Wizards of Baking Cup!
Alongside an inclusion in the new Harry Potter cookbook. And in the words of Dumbledore, probably a bit of 'eternal glory' too. But who will it be - and what will be our favourite bewitching bake?! We are hungry for more already.
Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking premieres Thursday, 14th November on Food Network and globally on Max.
Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking to launch exclusively on Prime Video in the UK and Ireland on 17th December.
You can check out the #WizardsOfBaking hashtag (if you're old enough!) to follow the conversation.
