Hosted by James and Oliver Phelps, AKA the Weasley twins, Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking is an upcoming culinary competition with a Harry Potter twist. Launching 14th November (just in time for the festive season) here’s a little taster before the show launches.

Nine teams of pastry chefs will be pitted against each other across six episodes to deliver spellbinding showpieces to esteemed judges, Carla Hall and Jozef Youssef. And yes, each bake will be inspired by the themes of the wizarding world. But hopefully, no one will be inspired by Rubeus Hagrid’s famous rock cakes.

Filmed in Leavesden, the home of the Harry Potter films, you can expect to see some magical alumni pop up to give their two cents. Warwick Davis, Evanna Lynch and Bonnie Wright will be stepping into the studio to share some nostalgic movie memories with us all - and probably a few sneaky tastes of the contestants’ concoctions too!

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).

So! Who will win the first-ever Wizards of Baking Cup? We can’t wait to find out. Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking premieres Thursday, 14th November on Food Network and globally on Max where the platform is available (with further broadcasters to be announced).

You can check out the #WizardsOfBaking hashtag to follow the conversation about the show. Maybe you can even show us your own kitchen creations!