r/foodnetwork • u/Firegoat1 Brown Food Tastes Good • 6d ago

An update on Harry Potter's Wizards of Baking Season 2 -- begins Nov. 2

Link to full story: Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking Season 2 to Premiere on Nov. 2

Here are some pertinent excerpts including the judges, guest stars and who the bakers will be. So if you want to be surprised. Stop reading now.

Harry Potter fans are in for a treat as Food Network’s Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking returns for a magical new chapter this holiday season. Premiering Sunday, November 2 at 8 pm ET/PT on Food Network, the series will stream the next day on HBO Max and discovery+, and will roll out globally with additional info to follow on international dates and times.

The second season will feature even more spellbinding creations, enchanted elements, and baking wizardry as a new field of competitors embark on the experience of a lifetime.

In its freshman outing, the series ranked as the #1 non-news/sports cable program on Thursday nights for Adults 25-54 and reached more than 16.4 million total viewers across linear, HBO Max, and discovery+.

Returning hosts James and Oliver Phelps (Fred and George Weasley) bring their charm, humor, and behind-the-scenes anecdotes, and are joined by esteemed culinary judges Carla Hall and Jozef Youssef, who bring their discerning palates and high expectations to the table.

Across the six-episode season, special guests Warwick Davis (Professor Flitwick), Afshan Azad (Padma Patil), and Devon Murray (Seamus Finnigan) help evaluate the competitors’ showpieces as they share their own stories from the films.

The teams competing include Alex Madrigal (Playa Del Carmen, Mexico) and Jenny Chambers (Salisbury, UK), Andy Ortega (Yonkers, NY) and Stefan Rose (Yorkshire, UK), Angel Figueroa (Denver, CO) and Rui Mota (Lisbon, Portugal), and Caitlin Taylor (Bowie, MD) and Jaleesa Mason (Bloomfield, NJ). There’s also Heather Tocco (Rochester, MI) and Kate Sigel (Nashville, TN), Marj Santaromana (Richmond, VA) and Sarah Arnold (Charleston, SC), Molly Robbins (Lancashire, UK) and Priya Winsor (St. Albert, Alberta, Canada), and Jujhar Mann (Surrey, BC, Canada) and Katie Bonzer (Orlando, FL).

The link has more information as well as a trailer and photos.

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u/Nesquik44 5d ago edited 5d ago

It is nice to see so many familiar faces.

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u/Horror-Atmosphere-90 5d ago

Juhjar was on Is It Cake? and is very charming. That’s the only name I recognize off the top

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u/Existing-Recording69 5d ago

Yes and he was on duffs new show this past summer. Priya I think was in spring baking this past spring .

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u/Amy5509 5d ago

Yes she was

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u/AppropriateOrder468 5d ago

I recognize Jujhar from Is It Cake and then Jaleesa and Priya were both Spring Baking Championship winners. I remember that Jaleesa struggled with anxiety and time management, so hopefully she’s got that under control this time.

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u/beachcoquina 5d ago

I really liked Priya. She did well and has a sweet personality.

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u/OccasionOk7261 6d ago

Noice, can’t wait! 😍

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u/ayyryan7 6d ago

Sweet, that was fun to watch

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u/JenkinsonMike 6d ago

Hope this is on FN in Canada and not on Crave, as was the first season.

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u/marblesbykeys 5d ago

Isn’t this the third? I could’ve sworn I’ve seen 2 seasons lol.

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u/BigSto 5d ago

that's not Katie from The Kitchen is it?

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u/Positive_Florals 5d ago

No, that’s not Katie Lee, but there are three Katie/kate/kaitlins on the show in season 2.