Streaming service Max serves up Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking for Asia debut

The streaming service Max has landed in Asia, and Potterheads and foodies can enjoy its latest offering – hosted by two very familiar faces

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Warner Bros Discovery has launched its streaming service Max in several Asian markets, meaning Potterheads will be able to enjoy Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking (pictured) as it is airing. Photo: Max

Published: 7:45am, 23 Nov 2024Updated: 2:41pm, 23 Nov 2024

Put two highly popular entertainment franchises together – say, Harry Potter and The Great British Bake Off – and what do you get? Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking, the latest reality television cooking competition that is streaming on Max.

Viewers in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, the Philippines and several other parts of Asia can now tune into the show, as Max can finally be streamed in the region, more than four years after it was launched in the United States as HBO Max.

Fronting the new show are James and Oliver Phelps, identical twins who played Fred and George Weasley in the Harry Potter films between 2001 and 2011. Since its premiere on November 14, reaction on social media has been positive, with people calling the duo “great hosts”.

“When [the team] approached us three months before production, we jumped at the chance. Hosting was something we’d always wanted to do, especially on the scale of what it was,” says James Phelps of the magic-themed baking competition.

Wizards of Baking’s filming took place at Warner Bros Studio Tour London in Leavesden, Hertfordshire, about an hour from central London.