by Thinus Ferreira
Warner Bros. Discovery's Food Network (DStv 175) has renewed its cake-baking competition show, Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking, for a second season.
Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking with James and Oliver Phelps as the co-presenters who played Fred and George Weasley in the Harry Potter film series, is filmed at the Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden studios in East England, where the Harry Potter movies were filmed.
The series uses the actual film sets - part of the studio tour - where American, UK and European bakers and pastry chefs revisit some of the iconic locations like The Great Hall at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Platform 9¾, the Gringotts Wizarding Bank and The Burrow.
The Food Networks' Carla Hall and Jozef Youssef were the culinary judges in the first season of Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking while Warwick Davis (Professor Flitwick), Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood) and Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley) appeared as guests.
"In collaboration with Warner Horizon and teams across all of WBD, Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking harnessed the fandom of Harry Potter and the power of Food Network as a holiday destination - delivering visually breathtaking cakes set against the backdrop of the beloved Harry Potter film sets," says Betsy Ayala, head of content, food at Warner Bros. Discovery, in a statement.
"Viewers and Potter fans everywhere tuned in to see what these talented artists created each week, and we cannot wait to bring the audience an even more magical second season."
Season one of Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking was produced by Warner Horizon and theoldschool for Food Network. Warner Horizon's Bridgette Theriault and Dan Sacks were the executive producers with theoldschool's Robin Ashbrook and Yasmin Shackleton.
