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Phelps Twins Return for 'Wizards of Baking' Season 2, Say Great Hall Once Smelled Like 'Smelly Socks'

Filming at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden now trades feast stench for sweet baking aromas.

Overview

  • James and Oliver Phelps are back at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden to film season 2 of Food Network's Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking.
  • Oliver Phelps recalls Great Hall shoot days packed with people and real food that left the set smelling of roasting or oiled vegetables.
  • He jokes the lingering odor from banquet tableaux — including turkeys under hot lights — was like "smelly socks."
  • The twins say the baking competition in the same space now carries frosting and sponge cake scents instead of overcooked turkey.
  • They reminisce about playing soccer in the Great Hall and cricket on Privet Drive, and the series airs Sundays at 8 p.m. ET with next-day streaming on Max and discovery+.